Cargilfield Preparatory School
| Motto |
Deo Custode ("With God as [a] guardian") |
|---|---|
| Established | 1873 |
| Type |
Preparatory school Day & Boarding School |
| Headmaster | Rob Taylor |
| Founder | Rev Daniel Charles Darnell[1] |
| Location |
Barnton Avenue West Edinburgh EH4 6HU Scotland Coordinates: 55°58′11″N 3°18′00″W / 55.96971°N 3.30004°W |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–13 |
| Website | Cargilfield Preparatory School |
Cargilfield Preparatory School is a private co-educational prep school in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1873. It is a day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 3–13 and caters for approximately 300 pupils.
History
Cargilfield was founded in 1873 by Rev Daniel Charles Darnell,[2] and was the first independent preparatory school in Scotland. Originally the school was located in the Trinity area of Edinburgh; it was sometimes referred to as Cargilfield Trinity School. In 1899 the school relocated to Barnton.[1]
In the period 2003-2012 the headmaster was John Elder. Among the changes he made to the school was the abolition of homework.[3]
In 2014, the UK government named the school in a list of 25 UK employers which had failed to pay workers the national minimum wage, for underpaying an artist in residence by £3,739.[4] The school responded that it had rectified this situation as soon as it was made aware of it, and apologised "unreservedly" for the administrative error.[5]
Academically, the school has recently been notably successful in mathematics, reaching the finals of the UKMT Team Mathematics Challenge competition in 2013, [6] 2014 [7] and 2015, [8] despite the school's oldest children being 13 years old while the competition is aimed at children in Years 8 and 9 (aged 12-14).
Former pupils
- See also Category:People educated at Cargilfield School
- Thomas Gillespie (1892–1914), Olympic rower[9]
- George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (1931-2003), Conservative Party politician and banker
- John Lorne Campbell of Canna (1906-1996) landowner and folklorist
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (born 1968)
- Douglas Jamieson, Lord Jamieson (1880–1952), Unionist politician and judge
- Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies (born 1953), judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
- Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton (1863–1930), electrical engineer
- Victor Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier (1900–1992), soldier and business man
- Logie Bruce Lockhart (1921), Scotland international rugby union footballer and headmaster[10]
References
- 1 2 Granton History site discussing street name origins, which cites the Rev Darnell as having founded the school
- ↑ Leinster-Mackay, Donald (15 Nov 1984). The Rise of the English Prep School. Falmer Press Ltd. ISBN 0905273745.
- ↑ Schofield, Kevin (2005-04-05). "Ditching homework adds up to better grades". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ↑ "Government 'names and shames' minimum wage underpayers". BBC. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ "Edinburgh school ‘failed to pay minimum wage’". The Scotsman. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Team Maths Challenge National Final 2013 qualifying schools". UKMT. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Team Maths Challenge National Final 2014" (PDF). UKMT. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Team Maths Challenge National Final 2015" (PDF). UKMT. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ↑ Letters from Flanders, written by 2nd Lieut. A. D. Gillespie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, to his home people; (1916)
- ↑ Logie Bruce Lockhart, Now and Then, This and That (Larks Press, 2013), p. 27
External links
- Official Website
- Profile on the Independent Schools Council website