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SCHOOL

NEWS

Nursery awards
George Heriot’s Nursery has been awarded
Scottish Independent School of the Decade ‘Independent Pre-Prep School of the Year 2020’.

Independent Schools of the Year is an awards
George Heriot’s is delighted to have been
scheme run by the Independent School
named ‘Scottish Independent School of
Parent portfolio of magazines to celebrate the
the Decade’ by Parent Power, The Sunday
success stories of schools and their students
Times Schools Guide.
across the independent education sector in the
The 28th edition of the widely
UK and British schools overseas. It showcases
acknowledged Parent Power survey
the excellence of the educational experience
identified the 2,000 highest-achieving
available to students; these awards recognise
schools in the UK, ranked by their most
and applaud the varied and imaginative ways
recently published examination results.
in which independent schools prepare young
The survey enabled parents to compare
people for their future lives.
the performance of a given school with
other schools in the same town, local The Heriot’s community is delighted to be
authority or nationally and featured live awarded such an accolade.
links to school websites and their most
recent inspection reports. The rankings in
the secondary school league tables are
determined by the percentage of
examination entries gaining A* to B
grades at A level (which is given double
weighting) and the percentage of entries
graded 9, 8 and 7 at GCSE and iGCSE.
Alastair McCall, editor of Parent Power,
said:
“George Heriot’s has ranked outside the
top three independent schools in Scotland
just twice in the past decade, a measure
of the consistent academic success that
children achieve there. However, the
school is about much more than just Rowing Scholarship
excellent grades.
Congratulations to Heather (S6) who has been
Its charitable foundation ensures a offered a rowing Scholarship in America.
significant number of pupils study fee-free
Heather worked tirelessly during lock down to
and the school’s values of ‘work hard, be
provide the US coaches with a great ergo score
kind, be happy’ permeate the fabric of the
and subsequently has been offered (and has
place. Principal Lesley Franklin has Pupils achieve exceptional
committed to) a full ride rowing scholarship
championed mental health awareness standards across all walks
at Northeastern University in Boston.
and the school has been recognised for of school life and leave
Mr Davidson, Head Rowing Coach at Heriot’s said:
everything from environmental awareness, ready to take their place in
rights awareness, internationalism and the the world and make an “Heather is a homegrown talent, starting rowing
embedding of philosophy in the impact on it.” with the school in S3 and has now progressed to
becoming the Girls’ Captain and this year, she is
curriculum from nursery onwards.
trialling for the Great British Junior Rowing Team.”