Education
Forward-thinking education in the perfect location
Situated in the heart of St Andrews, St Leonards is a forward-thinking, co-educational boarding and day school, which offers an outstanding education from five to 18 years. St Leonards has been named as Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019, by the Sunday Times Schools Guide. For three years running, St Leonards has also been ranked…
Read MoreState-of-the-art classroom will aid rural students
A new state-of-the-art digital classroom has been unveiled at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Barony campus in Dumfries. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the region. SRUC has invested around £80,000 to develop its first digital classroom in partnership with Glasgow-based audio-visual company MediaScape. The project was led by demand from…
Read MoreTop 10 tips for exam success
Specialists at Gordonstoun, which educated three generations of the royal family, are urging young people to combine exam revision with regular periods of dancing, hiking and even breathing to achieve success. The advice has been issues as millions of pupils receive the results of their mock GCSE exams. Each year, the independent boarding school runs…
Read MoreEducation and tourism at heart of research centre
A new teaching and events space is planned for Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Hill and Mountain Research Centre, near Crianlarich in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The upgrade will include a new space for up to 50 people. The space is required to meet the growing demands on the Hill and Mountain Research…
Read MoreTeachers, parents and children are unable to cope
The Scottish Government pupil census shows that in 2017, 183,491 pupils in Scotland’s publicly funded primary, secondary and special schools were identified as having additional support needs (ASN). This is a quarter of all pupils, and 59.9% of them are boys. One of these boys is my son. He was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder…
Read MoreAdd some learning to your Spanish summer holiday
A trip to Spain is always memorable, but it’s made even moreso by understanding and using the local lingo. Edinburgh-based company The Pack Language Experience has been organising five and seven-day Spanish-language learning holidays to Madrid each summer since 2017. The trips have proved so popular that two new destinations – Asturias and Sierra de…
Read MoreMore Chinese students coming to study in Scotland
Chinese students Li Ningyi and Wang Lingyi meet two Midlothian piglets as China today (Tuesday 5 February) officially heralds the start of 2019 – The Year of the Pig. The students are both studying for a Masters degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare – a course run by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and…
Read MoreStamp of approval for Scots rugby legend Doddie Weir
A portrait of Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir is being exhibited and available for the public to view in Harvey Nichols’ Edinburgh store. Measuring two metres by 1.2 metres the portrait, made up entirely from postage stamps, will be displayed in the Harvey Nichols Forth Floor Foodmarket until Friday 1 February. The stamps have been…
Read MorePupils tuned in for a special delivery to school
A very special gift from Germany has arrived for the talented young musicians at Scotland’s national music school. Thanks to the fundraising campaign of one of the school’s directors Kat Heathcote and her husband Iain Macneil, St Mary’s Music School now has a brand new flagship Steinway Grand Piano to head up its fleet of…
Read MoreIndependent schools worth £125m to Edinburgh
The contribution of Edinburgh’s unique independent school sector is fully revealed in a new report published today. In 2017/18, the Edinburgh independent schools made an economic contribution of £125 million Gross Value Added (GVA), supporting 3,000 jobs. It reveals that the 10 Edinburgh independent schools together educate around 11,700 nursery, primary and secondary pupils and…
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