Senior SCHOOLS 4 Main Sports Teams Girls Hockey
Cross Country Swimming Athletics
Hockey Netball
Athletics Tennis
Boys
Football Rugby
Swimming Cricket
Rugby Hockey Cricket
Athletics Schools’ Quiz Challenge
Basketball Volleyball
Table Tennis Badminton
Basketball Volleyball
Table Tennis Badminton
Edinburgh Competition Festival
UK Mathematics Trust Multilingual Debate
Hockey Netball
Lacrosse Athletics
Rugby, Hockey, Cricket,
Athletics Youth Philanthropy Initiative
Hockey Football Rowing
Cross Country Rugby
Football Rowing
Basketball
Biology Olympiad Debating Pipe Band
HSBC Mandarin Speaking Competition
Maths Olympiad
Most recent investment to aid learning: conversion of C-listed coach house to two new, full-sized, energy-efficient, classrooms for senior pupils and a pair of craft rooms (new pottery kiln) for glass, clay, basket weaving, book- binding, metalwork.
Firefly – a digital learning platform, intranet and VLE all in one meaning pupils have all their homework resources, reminders and lessons accessible in one place.
Large-scale production of Oliver. All Upper School pupils involved in Growing Spaces, our campus development project beginning with renovating a dilapidated coach house into inspirational learning spaces, creating a living example of community construction.
Too many to mention! Whole school charity runs, Scottish Island Peak Race, winning the Independent School of the Year award for Student Career Programme, Risako T winning the James Waterhouse piano competition…
Recruitment, retention and training of high level staff
Young carers speaking at national conference, mental health awareness recognition
Hockey Tennis
Athletics Rowing
Rugby Cricket
Athletics Football
Pipe Band
Debating / Model UN Technology Challenges
UK Mathematics Trust Hockey
Lacrosse Tennis Golf
Rugby Hockey Cricket Golf
The Rotary Club Young Musician of the Year
RSA Schools Art Award
Refurbished Sports Hall, upgrading of ICT facilities, new 6th Form Communicaion and Resource Centre
Further investment in IT infrastructure to provide fast access to applications for teachers and pupils. Started a programme of Promethean ActivPanel installation across all classrooms to allow teachers and students to collaborate with ease.
3 Competitions
entered last year (non-sport)
English Speaking Union Orchestra Maths
National Mathematical Challenge
National Barnardo’s Youth Choir Competition
Massive investment in IT across the School. iPad investment in lower years.
Academic success with record results of Higher (67% A’s) and Advanced Higher (67% A’s).
Most recent investment to aid teaching & learning
Astroturf Pitch Highlight of 2018/19
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What makes your school different?
Professional-quality musical production of ‘Chicago’
Not academically selective . We believe that all children are capable of achieving given the right ethos and culture.
Personal attention from committed teachers identifies the strengths of each pupil, and encourages them to make full use of those abilities. We have a proud tradition of educating young people who tread their own particular path after leaving school. Our pupils build on the legacy of Scottish innovation with successful careers in diverse areas.
Our innovative approach to education includes the Main Lesson – a topic which is continuously studied for up to two hours per day over four weeks. While pupils at other schools become increasingly specialised as they move towards their exam years, our pupils continue to receive a broad based education.
The breadth of achievement, depth of learning and connections made at school that last a lifetime.
We live our ethos: Work hard, be kind, be happy
Scottish cup winners in Senior Boys’ Hockey, British Skiing Champions for both Boys’ and Girls’ Teams, LGBT Youth Scotland Gold Charter Award
Academic Excellence: In top 7% UK of schools at A-Level. 14 pupils selected for final interviews at Oxbridge Universities. Golf: Winner of the ISGA Home Internationals. Music: 12 pupils succeed in Trinity Rock & Pop Exams Hockey: Girls East District Plate winners, Boys National Schools Cup semi-finalists
Hockey
Basketball Swimming Football
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Debating and public speaking Arkwright Scholarship
European Youth Parliament
Development of Firefly, an online platform that makes it simple for teachers and pupils to create, share and learn.
20 MES dancers performed at the 2018 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo with 20 girls from our partner school in Malawi. The European Youth Parliament Team reached the National Final.
The breadth of the Watson’s educational experience, both academically and extra- curricularly, in a warm family atmosphere.
Bespoke Education for each child. Small and friendly. Outstanding music, drama and art. Golf Academy is one of the best in the UK with state-of-the-art indoor golf centre.
Our girls have an unrivalled range of opportunities, they make like-minded, lifelong friends; they share a mutually respectful atmosphere, where learning is stimulating and fun and they thrive, both in the classroom and outwith. Girls leave confident, articulate and ready for life’s challenges. In their final year the girls and boys join to form a co-educational Sixth Form.
The GA (Geographical N/A
Rugby Cricket
Athletics Golf
Association) WorldWize Quiz British Biology Olympiad
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
Hockey
Lacrosse Tennis
Athletics N/A
Oxford University Debating Brain Bee
Trinity College Cambridge Essay
The inclusion of new Guided Reading resources, which aim to help boys further their comprehension skills. Groups work together to identify writers’ tools and new, stimulating vocabulary and ideas for their own pieces of writing.
Becoming a member of the World Leading Schools Association - the only School in Scotland.
It’s a combination of things: our size, a relentless focus on the individual, and the fact that we really understand boys and how to get the very best out of them. It is a potent trio. It is what enables us to know your son really well and to understand what makes him tick.
New Sports Pavilion Virtual Reality equipment in use in the classroom
Visiting the Johnson Space Centre, Texas. Receiving a prestigious British Council International School Award. Mary Poppins production. Growing ‘International Student Exchange Programme’
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Rugby Hockey Cricket
Athletics British Informatics
Chemistry Top-of-the-Bench Formula One in Schools
Development of Firefly, an online platform that makes it simple for teachers and pupils to create, share and learn.
Winners of Independent Schools’ Football U18 Cup, Lothian Chess Champions for second consecutive year, Winners of UK Bath Cup and Otter medley for second consecutive year with new competition records.
Educational excellence for girls. Empowering for girls. Only all-through girls’ school in Edinburgh. Size of the school results in more individual attention and a high level of participation in a wide range of activities. Wide choice of courses and flexibility in examination choices. Pioneering international education programme.
Our boys are proud to be boys. Your son will learn to master intellectual, physical, and ethical challenges. He will emerge a responsible and compassionate citizen, equipped for a competitive world and used to operating outside his comfort-zone.
All other school information has been supplied by the schools and correct at the time of compilation, June 2019
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