Blogs
Latest blogs
In this section of our website you will find insightful articles on our School. We have included updates from Housemothers/Housemasters, exciting developments in our boarding houses and interviews with some of our Team members around key topics of School life.
![Lessons of The Game: 5 life lessons from the rugby pitch]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736946049/merchistoncouk/okhn6sfddnqr8taezqsm/Rugby.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736946049/merchistoncouk/okhn6sfddnqr8taezqsm/Rugby.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736946049/merchistoncouk/okhn6sfddnqr8taezqsm/Rugby.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1736946049/merchistoncouk/okhn6sfddnqr8taezqsm/Rugby.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1736946049/merchistoncouk/okhn6sfddnqr8taezqsm/Rugby.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1736946049/merchistoncouk/okhn6sfddnqr8taezqsm/Rugby.jpg","width":2200}])
- Sport
Merchiston
Edinburgh’s leading schools for rugb shares the most valuable life lessons from the sport
- Rugby
- Sport
- Wellbeing
![Goal setting for 2025: Merchiston students share their New Year resolutions]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734623506/merchistoncouk/lkudqlchmhotbv3zrqem/Screenshot2024-12-19at155142.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734623506/merchistoncouk/lkudqlchmhotbv3zrqem/Screenshot2024-12-19at155142.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734623506/merchistoncouk/lkudqlchmhotbv3zrqem/Screenshot2024-12-19at155142.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1734623506/merchistoncouk/lkudqlchmhotbv3zrqem/Screenshot2024-12-19at155142.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734623506/merchistoncouk/lkudqlchmhotbv3zrqem/Screenshot2024-12-19at155142.png","width":1552}])
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Merchiston students share their goals and ambitions for 2025
- School Life
![pupils sitting at desk working on electronics]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1674651959/merchistoncouk/pfvqz0rqc9yc4mixvynr/Allboysschool.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1674651959/merchistoncouk/pfvqz0rqc9yc4mixvynr/Allboysschool.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1674651959/merchistoncouk/pfvqz0rqc9yc4mixvynr/Allboysschool.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1674651959/merchistoncouk/pfvqz0rqc9yc4mixvynr/Allboysschool.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1674651959/merchistoncouk/pfvqz0rqc9yc4mixvynr/Allboysschool.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1674651959/merchistoncouk/pfvqz0rqc9yc4mixvynr/Allboysschool.jpg","width":2200}])
- Academic
- Juniors
- Middle Years
- Sixth Form
Merchiston
Why single-sex schooling is beneficial for boys today.
![School Houses: What are they and why are they important?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734425459/merchistoncouk/gpi4ahdhsv0oonwww0tp/_PWP5788.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734425459/merchistoncouk/gpi4ahdhsv0oonwww0tp/_PWP5788.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734425459/merchistoncouk/gpi4ahdhsv0oonwww0tp/_PWP5788.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1734425459/merchistoncouk/gpi4ahdhsv0oonwww0tp/_PWP5788.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1734425459/merchistoncouk/gpi4ahdhsv0oonwww0tp/_PWP5788.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1734425459/merchistoncouk/gpi4ahdhsv0oonwww0tp/_PWP5788.jpg","width":2200}])
- Juniors
- Middle Years
- Sixth Form
Merchiston
Discover the the benefits of Merchiston's School House System
- Chalmers East
- Chalmers West
- Laidlaw
- Pringle
- Rogerson
- School Life
![Paving the way for the future: How we encourage boys to consider career options]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732546758/merchistoncouk/ypbnd702ihvrac4xkis8/_PWP5568.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732546758/merchistoncouk/ypbnd702ihvrac4xkis8/_PWP5568.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732546758/merchistoncouk/ypbnd702ihvrac4xkis8/_PWP5568.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732546758/merchistoncouk/ypbnd702ihvrac4xkis8/_PWP5568.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732546758/merchistoncouk/ypbnd702ihvrac4xkis8/_PWP5568.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1732546758/merchistoncouk/ypbnd702ihvrac4xkis8/_PWP5568.jpg","width":2200}])
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- Juniors
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How Merchiston encourages students to consider their career options
- Careers
![Q&A with our Director of Pipes and Drums]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1729069714/merchistoncouk/xu10cutvl5nmskvbpd50/KyleWarren.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1729069714/merchistoncouk/xu10cutvl5nmskvbpd50/KyleWarren.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1729069714/merchistoncouk/xu10cutvl5nmskvbpd50/KyleWarren.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1729069714/merchistoncouk/xu10cutvl5nmskvbpd50/KyleWarren.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1729069714/merchistoncouk/xu10cutvl5nmskvbpd50/KyleWarren.jpg","width":1366}])
- Juniors
- Sixth Form
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Q&A with Director of Pipes and Drums, Kyle Warren
- Arts
- Juniors
- Music
- School Life
- Sixth Form
![The benefits of boarding during Sixth Form]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1729072548/merchistoncouk/uvjz7yudzbfpxngoezbg/_PWP6297.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1729072548/merchistoncouk/uvjz7yudzbfpxngoezbg/_PWP6297.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1729072548/merchistoncouk/uvjz7yudzbfpxngoezbg/_PWP6297.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1729072548/merchistoncouk/uvjz7yudzbfpxngoezbg/_PWP6297.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1729072548/merchistoncouk/uvjz7yudzbfpxngoezbg/_PWP6297.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1729072548/merchistoncouk/uvjz7yudzbfpxngoezbg/_PWP6297.jpg","width":2200}])
- Academic
- Sixth Form
Merchiston
Discusses the benefits of sixth form boarding.
- Academic
- Boarding
- Co-Curricular
- School Life
- Sixth Form
![Introducing...Merchiston’s Heads of Faculty]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727861969/merchistoncouk/nzofpabdtrbkbqzyzraw/IMG_5234.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727861969/merchistoncouk/nzofpabdtrbkbqzyzraw/IMG_5234.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1727861969/merchistoncouk/nzofpabdtrbkbqzyzraw/IMG_5234.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1727861969/merchistoncouk/nzofpabdtrbkbqzyzraw/IMG_5234.png","width":1170}])
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- Juniors
- Middle Years
- Sixth Form
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Introduction to Merchiston's Head of Technologies and Creative Arts, Florence Chapman.
- Academic
- Juniors
- Middle Years
- Sixth Form
![External view of Merchiston Castle School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712225225/merchistoncouk/nzx85n6hhacynvsz9urx/_PWP0504.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712225225/merchistoncouk/nzx85n6hhacynvsz9urx/_PWP0504.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1712225225/merchistoncouk/nzx85n6hhacynvsz9urx/_PWP0504.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1712225225/merchistoncouk/nzx85n6hhacynvsz9urx/_PWP0504.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1712225225/merchistoncouk/nzx85n6hhacynvsz9urx/_PWP0504.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1712225225/merchistoncouk/nzx85n6hhacynvsz9urx/_PWP0504.jpg","width":2200}])
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Merchiston
Deciding on which independent school is right for your child is a big decision. We have collated a set of ten questions which can help guide prospective open day attendees to feel prepared.
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