Economics
The Department aims to promote both an understanding of economic principles and an interest in their relevance to all spheres of life and the global economy.
The turbulent economic conditions of the past few years mean that the study of Economics is more relevant than ever. The Department aims to help pupils understand the causes and consequences of current events and policies, and to ensure that they have the necessary analytical and evaluative skills to question the decisions taken by politicians and business leaders.
Economics is available to students in the Lower and Upper Sixth Forms, who follow the OCR A-level syllabus or the SQA Higher syllabus.
Academic News
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Find out how our first Mandarin Immersion Day went, earlier this week.
![Pupil studying in the library at Merchiston Castle School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733496973/merchistoncouk/nkfareckmmeuxxjumebi/OxbridgeInterviews_800X800.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733496973/merchistoncouk/nkfareckmmeuxxjumebi/OxbridgeInterviews_800X800.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733496973/merchistoncouk/nkfareckmmeuxxjumebi/OxbridgeInterviews_800X800.jpg","width":800}])
Nine students out of this year's Sixth Form cohort to attend interviews for Oxbridge institutions.
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A busy Trip to London for our Sixth Form Classical Civilisation students.
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Our MerchiSTEAM students tell us more about their incredible trip to Paris, earlier this month.
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A summary of our Careers Department's events over the Autumn Term.
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After Merchiston's strong performance at A-Levels last week, today marks another greatly anticipated day with the publication of our GCSE results for the V Form. Once again, our students have put in a strong performance across the cohort with a fantastic 47% of all papers graded 9/8/7 and 90% papers graded 9-4.
