Glenalmond College report is top of the class

Glenalmond College has welcomed a glowing report from Education Scotland inspectors following their recent visit to the leading independent school in Perthshire. The focus of the visit by HMI inspectors was on self-evaluation and the school’s actions arising from this. Among the highlights of the education which Glenalmond provides, the inspectors praised the ‘high-performing school’…

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Pupils launch 2020 wildlife charity calendar

A Perthshire school is celebrating the exceptional range of wildlife to be found on its grounds in the pages of a 2020 calendar, being sold in aid of the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The calendar features a dozen stunning wildlife images taken by photographer Rosanna Forbes. All of the profits from sales of the calendar will…

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Merchiston offers a focus on knowing its pupils

Many schools can boast about their exceptional academic results, university success rates, extensive sporting and co-curricular programmes, welcoming atmospheres and stunning grounds and facilities. Indeed, Merchiston can do that as well. What makes them different, however, is a combination of things: their size, a genuine focus on the needs of the individual, and the fact…

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Rugby club and school are sporting partners

Perthshire Rugby and Glenalmond College are teaming up in a new partnership. The move was announced to players and coaches during a visit to the leading Perthshire school at the weekend. Glenalmond College is now Perthshire Minis’ Official Partner, cementing the existing strong relationship and long-held rugby connections between the club and the school. The…

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Christmas Pastorella and a tribute to Beethoven

The annual celebration of festive music from the talented pupils of Scotland’s national music school is approaching. Pupils at St Mary’s Music School will take to the stage at St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh on Monday 16 December. Traditionally, the concert is attended by music lovers in the capital together with families, friends and supporters…

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‘Outstanding’ approach praised at Gordonstoun

Gordonstoun School has been described as ‘outstanding’ and ‘sector leading’ in a report published by inspectors from Education Scotland. The Moray school is described as having a ‘positive, caring, family ethos’ which ‘promotes a sense of trust, respect and kindness for all’. The inspectors noted that children were ‘motivated, eager to learn and very proud…

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Bacon rolls in Perthshire change lives in Africa

Strathallan School’s Kenya Project celebrates ten years – and £100,000 raised this year. The project, which has been running since the 2009/10 academic year, raises funds, awareness, and volunteering with sister projects in Nairobi and Kenya’s Rift Valley. The pupil-led initiative has brought about pop-up tuck shops and the Kenya Café at school events, patriotic…

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Glenalmond College invests £2 million in facilities

The construction of a range of new, state-of-the-art sports facilities at Glenalmond College is one of the highlights of a recent multi-million pound programme of investment at the school. Almost £2 million pounds of investment has been undertaken over the past two years, as part of an ambitious, on-going programme to grow the leading Perthshire…

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Raising concerns over pollution near schools

Children at Lomond School are at ‘low-risk’ to the effects of air pollution according to primary five pupils who found that the surrounding streets contain low levels of nitrogen dioxide. After learning that one third of children in Britain are living in areas which have unsafe levels of air pollution, Lomond pupils aged between eight…

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Dollar Academy make shortlist for Scottish music awards

Dollar Academy’s award-winning pipe band has been nominated as a contender for Pipe Band of the Year in MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2019. More than 210 pupils take part in the Dollar Academy Pipe Band programme which has been a fixture of life at the school since 1912. The band has won numerous…

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