Recent News
Headmaster meets with 100 Year Old Cargundian
It
was a rare privilege for me to visit the Rev. Dr. Roy Sanderson at his home
in North Berwick, the day after his 100th birthday. Surrounded by many cards:
one from the Queen and one from Tony Blair - Dr Sanderson officiated at
his parents' wedding - he was delighted to receive a Cargilfield Teddy Bear.
Roy Sanderson was at Cargilfield from 1918 - 1923 and he had the great
experience of meeting King George V at Barnton Train Station! Many tales
were chatted about and I left proud to have met such a lovely man who during
his ministry became Moderator of the Church of Scotland.
New Teaching Block
The
increased numbers in the school during the last two years - the school has
grown by nearly 100 to over 250 - has allowed us to embark on our latest
development stage a little earlier than planned. The new teaching block
opened during this term and houses on the ground floor the whole of Form
4 - two classrooms and the library/reading room and upstairs Modern Languages,
Mathematics and Geography. This is a very beautiful building with individual
rooms and some of them with outstanding views over the Bruntsfield’s
Link. The landscaping of Ashcourt was also finished this term.
Girls’ Boarding House
The
Girls’ Boarding House opened on Friday and this weekend saw 16 girls
staying for the boarding weekend. The girls are delighted with their new
Boarding House and are now enjoying decorating the dorms with their personal
effects.
Music School
The
Townhill Music School has now been fully opened and is being enjoyed by
children in both the Upper School and Pre-Prep. This houses 10 practice
rooms and a small performance area which will give us the extra space needed
for our now 200 individual music lessons a week which is a rise from
76 in 2004.
2007 Scholarships
News
has just come through that Christopher Sole and Jay Younger have won All-Rounder
Scholarships to Merchiston Castle; David Milligan has won the second top
Academic Scholarship to Ampleforth; Harvey Strachan has won an Art Scholarship
to Glenalmond; Hector Thomson has won an Art Scholarship to Sedbergh; Rory
McAteer has won a Minor Exhibition to Merchiston Castle and Stuart Pringle
won an Academic Scholarship and the Joannides Classics Scholarship to Fettes
College. We also wish Oliver Bainbridge and Angus Thompson the best of luck
as they prepare for Eton and Shrewsbury.
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Inspections
The excellent H.M.I. and National Care Commission Inspection and the grading of the school at the highest possible level by these two independent bodies has given the school a real sense of purpose and worth. It is important for us to invite outside bodies to the school to comment on what we do and to enjoy being with Cargilfield children.
- Link to the recent H.M.I. Inspection (Link opens in a new window)
- Link to the recent H.M.I./National Care Inspection (Right-click to download - 170kb .pdf)
Development
The
increased numbers in the school during the last two years - the school has
grown by nearly 100 to over 250 - has allowed us to embark on our latest
development stage a little earlier than planned. The new teaching block
opens at the end of term and this will house on the ground floor the whole
of Form 4 - two classrooms and the library/reading room and upstairs Modern
Languages, Mathematics and Geography. This is a very beautiful building
with individual rooms and some of them with outstanding views over the Bruntsfield’s
Links. The landscaping of Ashcourt will be finished by the beginning of
the summer term and we expect the new Music School to be opened by 20th
April. This will house 10 practice rooms and a small performance area which
will give us the extra space needed for our now 200 individual music lessons
a week and this is a rise from 76 in 2004.