MESSENGER

SPRING 2010

TOP SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT

SECONDARY SCHOOL! THE SUNDAY TIMES

The School came top of The Sunday Times Parent Power review of Scottish Independent Secondary Schools for 2009. The review is based on academic performance along with an assessment of the leadership within the school, the quality of the teaching, the breadth of the curriculum and the conclusions of the most recent School inspection report. Alastair McCall, editor of The Sunday Times Parent Power said:

“Merchiston Castle’s award is thoroughly deserved. It has been a consistently strong performer in our tables over many years, but what sets it apart is the inspiring leadership of Andrew Hunter over the past decade, the outstanding quality of the teaching

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and sheer breadth of opportunity available to boys both inside the classroom and out. The school’s commitment to teaching boys in an engaging and innovative way sets it apart and makes Merchiston about as far removed from the traditional image of a boys’ boarding school as it is possible to be. There is an emphasis on teaching emotional as well as academic intelligence, of fashioning young gentlemen, as Andrew Hunter puts it, an approach which is to be roundly applauded. Exam success is almost incidental at this school, a bi-product of everything else it does - which is of course how it should be. The result is happy and engaged boys with a sense of purpose and a belief that they can succeed in whatever they go on to do in life.”

“In addition to

providing a first rate academic

education, this is all in the context of a traditional ‘education with

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