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Independent Schools GUIDE Senior Schools
Times excluding after-school sports and activities
Clifton Hall 12yrs-18yrs
9am - 3.30pm
The Edinburgh Academy 11yrs-18yrs
8.30am - 3.30pm
Edinburgh Steiner School
(Upper School) 14yrs-18yrs
8.40am - 3.15pm/4pm
Fettes College 13yrs-18yrs
Not Studied 8.00am – 5.00pm Not Studied 70% A*-A or 9-7 82% 7-5 at IB 78% A&B
86 pupils in year
86 Candidates Average
5 Highers per pupil 87%
72 pupils in year
53 Candidates Average
2 Adv Highers per pupil
8 students took 1 exam each - all achieved Grade A.
Not studied Not studied
Beginning, middle &
end of each term
Organic lunches freshly prepared each day (£3)
83% Not widely studied Not widely studied Daily All years (£3.80)
Higher 2018
Total pupils in year
%
A or B grades
Adv Higher 2018
Total pupils in year
% A or B grades GCSE 2018
Total pupils in year
% 9 or 8, A*or A grade
A Level 2018
Total pupils in year
%
A*or A grade
Frequency of
Assembly Lunch
provided (cost
extra) Contact School Contact School Not Studied Not studied Weekly All years included in fees 3 Diverse
after-school activities
Debating, Gaming Rugby
Musical Theatre
Jewellery Making Workshop
Pipe Band
Acrobatics Basketball
Duke of Edinburgh 82% A*-B Daily Debating All meals included in fees
Life-drawing Shooting
George Heriot’s 12yrs-18yrs
8.30am - 3.15pm
George Watson’s College 12yrs-18yrs
231 pupils in year
8.40am - 3.30pm 5 Highers per pupil
211 Candidates Average
Loretto School 12yrs-18yrs
Not Studied 8.20am - 6pm Not Studied 83%
216 pupils in year
145 Candidates Average
2 Adv Highers per pupi
75 pupils in year
75 Candidates Average 9 GCSEs per pupil
The Mary Erskine School 12yrs-18yrs
8.30 am - 4.05pm Mon-Wed 8.30am - 3.30pm Thu-Fri
132 pupils in year
132 Candidates Average
5 Highers per pupil 80%
111 pupils in year
95 Candidates Average
2 Adv Highers per pupil
Merchiston 13yrs-18yrs
Not widely studied 8am - 4pm / 6pm Not widely studied
75 pupils in year
75 Candidates Average 8 GCSEs per pupil
School for Girls 12yrs-18yrs
St George’s 84% A-B 8.30am - 3.30pm
Melville College 12yrs-18yrs
Stewart’s
8.30 am - 4.05pm Mon-Wed 8.30am - 3.30pm Thu-Fr 8.30am - 3.20pm Fri
86% A-B 46% A*-A Not widely studied 54%
70 pupils in year
63 Candidates Average 3 A Levels per pupil
50% 2 per week All years (incl. in fees) CCF & Pipe band 79% Not widely studied Not widely studied Weekly
All years £618
per annum 40%
92 pupils in year
92 Candidates Average 3 A Levels per pupil
36% Daily All years included in fees 81% Not Studied Not Studied
2 per cycle (10 day
timetable)
S1-S6 89% A-B Grades 86% A-B Grades Not Studied Not Studied 2 per week
(extra cost, biometric system)
Feminist Society, Sailing,
Astronomy Club
S1-S6
(extra cost, swipe card system)
Sport
Music & Drama Model UN
Debating
Arctic Expeditions Engineering
Duke of Edinburgh
Kaleidoscope Dance Show
25 Musical Groups
Debating Sailing
Whole school
twice per week.
Year groups meet once per week
134 pupils in year
134 Candidates Average
5 Highers per pupil 85%
127 pupils in year
105 Candidates Average
2 Adv Highers per pupil
82% Not widely studied Not widely studied Fortnightly
All years £618
per annum
All years £3.75
S5 + optional
Debating Drama
Young Engineers
Combined Cadet Force (Army & RAF),
Astronomy Club, Kayaking
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