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.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolPringleHouse]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585578143/merchistoncouk/f1a1jhzjn32bepesubiv/MerchistonCastleSchoolPringleHouse.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585578143/merchistoncouk/f1a1jhzjn32bepesubiv/MerchistonCastleSchoolPringleHouse.jpg","width":399}])
Tori Currie
Pringle is not just a House but a home for our Junior pupils!
![MerchistonCastleSchoolEvansHousemaster]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585577622/merchistoncouk/hnmjui4jghjpaczuplgz/MerchistonCastleSchoolEvansHousemaster.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585577622/merchistoncouk/hnmjui4jghjpaczuplgz/MerchistonCastleSchoolEvansHousemaster.jpg","width":398}])
Tori Currie
Cecil Evans led Merchiston for 21 years, leaving behind a very strong legacy, and lends his name to a VI form House.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolMemorialHall]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585577079/merchistoncouk/nfwfa88mgldshahdclau/MerchistonCastleSchoolMemorialHall.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585577079/merchistoncouk/nfwfa88mgldshahdclau/MerchistonCastleSchoolMemorialHall.jpg","width":398}])
Tori Currie
The creation of the heart of the School, the Memorial Hall.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolCentenaryVisit]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585576674/merchistoncouk/nriwtqhkpks0j6cogdrv/MerchistonCastleSchoolCentenaryVisit.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585576674/merchistoncouk/nriwtqhkpks0j6cogdrv/MerchistonCastleSchoolCentenaryVisit.jpg","width":397}])
Tori Currie
A royal visit from The Duke and Duchess of York.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolColinton]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585576274/merchistoncouk/hbwd1eloxuslnyjjcvih/MerchistonCastleSchoolColinton.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585576274/merchistoncouk/hbwd1eloxuslnyjjcvih/MerchistonCastleSchoolColinton.jpg","width":401}])
Tori Currie
This week we look at the vast expansion of Merchiston across our 100-acre site.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolCecilStaggSociety]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585575782/merchistoncouk/frioej3yjk2bdk5lc64x/MerchistonCastleSchoolCecilStaggSociety.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585575782/merchistoncouk/frioej3yjk2bdk5lc64x/MerchistonCastleSchoolCecilStaggSociety.jpg","width":398}])
Tori Currie
Discover the creation of the 'Cecil Stagg Society'.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolSmith]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585575495/merchistoncouk/ycsknhsukn48uhuatdge/MerchistonCastleSchoolSmith.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585575495/merchistoncouk/ycsknhsukn48uhuatdge/MerchistonCastleSchoolSmith.jpg","width":398}])
Tori Currie
Find out what Mr Smith achieved during his time as Headmaster.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolGeorgeStrattonFerrier]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585575222/merchistoncouk/agw7otoq58dx1uwvmxzu/MerchistonCastleSchoolGeorgeStrattonFerrier.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585575222/merchistoncouk/agw7otoq58dx1uwvmxzu/MerchistonCastleSchoolGeorgeStrattonFerrier.jpg","width":401}])
Tori Currie
We are incredibly lucky to have talented teachers leave such a lasting legacy at the School.
![MerchistonCastleSchoolJohnRogerson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585574702/merchistoncouk/txjcmacinpo1eekdge8u/MerchistonCastleSchoolJohnRogerson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585574702/merchistoncouk/txjcmacinpo1eekdge8u/MerchistonCastleSchoolJohnRogerson.jpg","width":399}])
Tori Currie
We take a look at Rogerson: our V form Boarding House.
