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English

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English at Merchiston is about opening up the very best that has been said or written for every boy.

We achieve excellent results but we do this by sharing, with passion, the stories that people have told to one another throughout history to help them make sense of our world and our place in it. Through this, we give your son the ability to:

  • respond searchingly and personally to what he reads
  • think independently and analytically
  • express himself with clarity and accuracy
  • listen sensitively and critically to the views of others.

We believe that literary study expands our pupils' worlds. We believe that literary study nourishes our pupils’ inner lives and develops their emotional literacy.

A Morning in the English Department

Academic News

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Merchiston students on a trip to Paris, standing in front of the Louvre

Our MerchiSTEAM students tell us more about their incredible trip to Paris, earlier this month. 

GCSE Results 2024

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.