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THE SCOTSMAN Saturday 19 September 2020
SCOTSMAN.COM !THESCOTSMAN 3 PROMOTEDCONTENT INDEPENDENTSCHOOLS
OPEN DAY DATES
CLIFTON HALL SCHOOL
No formal open day, call 0131-333 1359 to arrange a personal meeting with head.
THE COMPASS SCHOOL
A virtual open day is being held on Saturday, 3 October at 10am. Register by e-mail: oice@ thecompassschool.co.uk
GEORGE WATSON’S COLLEGE
A Digital Open Morning is being held on Saturday, 3 October. Register at www.gwc.org.uk
KILGRASTON
A virtual open day is being held on Saturday, 3 October at 11am, contact the school on 01738 812 257 or visit www.kilgraston.com
MERCHISTON CASTLE SCHOOL
No formal open day. One-to-one personalised tours to meet the headmaster and look over the grounds, and digital tours to see inside the school, available. Contact director of admissions Kay Wilson on 0131-312 2201 or e-mail admissions@ merchiston.co.uk
MORRISON’S ACADEMY
Open days have passed, but digital packs and personal socially distanced tours are available.
ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Open days have passed, but personalised visits can be arranged by contacting the admissions department on 0131-311 8008, or e-mailing admissions@stge.org.uk
EDINBURGH STEINER SCHOOL Individual families are being oered a walk around the campus out of school hours with the Chair of College. Virtual tours available at www.edinburghsteinerschool. org.uk/admissions/ book-school-tour
STRATHALLAN SCHOOL
Virtual open days with webinars are being held on 10 and 31 October, with school tours during the week of the webinar by appointment.
WELLINGTON SCHOOL
A virtual open day is in the process of being planned, e-mail contact info@ wellingtonschool.org
put an enormous amount of effort into creating this live open morning. We have over 60 events, all live, coming from 12 different locations in and around the school campus.
“We appreciate that choosing an independent school is a big decision for any family. And, without the traditional open event, we know being ambitious and inventive in our approach is very important.”
That ambition has been rewarded, with registrations for the school’s open morning already showing an increase in ‘attendance’ from last year’s real-life event.
Virtual open days are also being held at Kilgraston School in Perthshire, which caters for girls aged five to 18, on Saturday,
“We know being ambitious and inventive is very important”
3 October at 11am, and at The Compass School, for children aged three to 12, in East Lothian, on the same day at 10am.
Strathallan School in rural Perthshire, a co-educational day and boarding school, is holding virtual open days on 10 and 31 October, which are being run via webinar with senior staff on hand to answer any questions and explain the opportunities the school offers
pupils. Parents will also be given the chance to take a school tour during the week of the webinar on an appointment-only basis.
Wellington School in Ayr, for girls and boys aged three to 18, is in the process of organising a virtual open day. Dates and details are not available as yet – e-mail info@ wellingtonschool.org for more information.
St Leonards in Fife is holding personalised tours – call the school to book – but is also planning a virtual open day with Q&A sessions.
Other schools have gone for a more individual approach. Clifton Hall School in Edinburgh, a co-ed school for children aged three to 18, has not held formal open days for
several years – prospective parents were instead asked to contact the admissions team and arrange a tour. This year, tours are out of the question but personal meetings with the headmaster, Rod Grant, are still being arranged.
Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, for boys aged seven to 18, is also eschewing a traditional open day this year. Instead, the school is offering one-to-one personalised tours, to meet the headmaster and look over the grounds.
With the teaching and boarding areas unable to be visited due to current restrictions, there is a new 360-degree interactive digital tour, which shows inside the classrooms,
boarding houses and other facilities, ‘meeting’ staff and pupils along the way.
At the Edinburgh Steiner School, which caters for children aged three to 18, individual families are being offered a walk around the campus out of school hours with the Chair of College, and virtual tours can be accessed on its website.
Morrison’s Academy in Crieff,
for children aged three to 18, has already held its virtual open day but digital packs are available, personal socially distanced tours of the school can be arranged.
St George’s School for Girls in Edinburgh has also had digital open days, but again personalised visits are available.
Independent schools rallied during lockdown, delivering classes to pupils via video and other online options. Now many are holding their open day events virtually. Picture: Shutterstock
ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
LOCATION EDINBURGH NUMBER OF PUPILS 715 AGE RANGE 3!18 BOARDING AND DAY PUPILS, GIRLS QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER, ADVANCED HIGHER, GCSES, A!LEVELS, NATIONALS
At St George’s we believe in making our girls stand out from the crowd. It’s the quality of individual attention, small class sizes and our flexibility that make a dierence. Situated in the heart of Edinburgh on a spacious parkland campus, St George’s is the only all-through girls’ school in the Capital.
Our “Yes she can” approach, embodied in the abundance of strong female role models and the range of opportunities on oer, helps inspire every girl to find the path that is right for her. Our academic
curriculum is a mix of GCSEs at 16 followed by Highers and Advanced Highers in S5 and S6. The academic rigour and flexibility that this blend oers ensures breadth while developing valuable study skills and a work ethic for the global workplace.
Join us online at our virtual open days on 25-26 September to find out how we can help to shape your daughter’s future. Visit our website to register. www.stge.org.uk
VIRTUAL OPEN DAYS
Friday 25 September (2 - 4.30 pm) and
Saturday 26 September (9 - 11.30 am)
Independent day and boarding school for girls, 3-18 years Book online at stge.org.uk OSCR Charity No: SC012632