St Mary’s of Melrose

As St. Mary’s co-educational day, flexi and weekly boarding prep school enters its 125th year, an eye has been cast over the last decade. The school has gone from strength to strength in challenging times for independent prep schools due to the close-knit community of staff, pupils and parents. Pupils come from the Borders, the Lothians and further afield, and the draw of this dynamic school has resulted over the last five years in the largest roll it has experienced in its history.

St. Mary’s Prep School prides itself on the highest possible standards in all areas of the curriculum – in academics and through sport, expressive arts, outdoor learning and clubs. The flexi-weekly boarding on offer is immensely popular due to a non-compulsory element to the provision. Pupils board because they want to, not because they have to, and the mix of experience, energy and youthfulness among the boarding staff in state of the art boarding facilities is second-to-none.

The only prep school in the heart of the Borders has excellent links to Edinburgh on the Borders Railway and this has opened up all sorts of opportunities to working parents looking for first class wrap around care in the form of a quality education for young people from two-13 years of age.

Common Entrance in Year Eight is the culmination of Form eight pupils’ time at the school, with a number also sitting scholarships to various senior schools both north and south of the Border. Irrespective of which senior school they go on to, St. Mary’s school leavers depart as independent learners with the confidence and knowledge to face the new challenges ahead with resilience and an enthusiastic curiosity.

St. Mary’s are proud of their school and extremely excited about the campus and curriculum advancements on the horizon. The Borders community is hugely important to St. Mary’s, and the school is an integral part of why this beautiful part of Scotland is so attractive to many relocating from all over the United Kingdom. Pay a visit next time you are passing.

CONTACT

Tel: 01896 822 517. www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk