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Another year, another team taking part in the CanSat competition in partnership with the European Space Agency!
University and Leaver Destinations
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![group of boys from Merchiston Castle School at a go-karting centre in Edinburgh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742995160/merchistoncouk/c5groqjhkfsmhuzp4owt/BoysKarting_800X800.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742995160/merchistoncouk/c5groqjhkfsmhuzp4owt/BoysKarting_800X800.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742995160/merchistoncouk/c5groqjhkfsmhuzp4owt/BoysKarting_800X800.jpg","width":800}])
A Sunday of fun spent Karting for our Sixth Form boarders!
Wherever your son’s ambitions, we will prepare him for the next stage.
His personal best may be Oxford or Cambridge, it might be a course specific to his chosen career or something else altogether. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that he has achieved it. That is the yardstick against which we measure ourselves.
The data speaks for itself, each year approximately:
- 83% of leavers enter the university of their choice
- 43% succeed in securing a place at UK Russell Group universities
- 95% of leavers enter their first or second choice university
Universities in the USA continue to be popular, with up to 10% of pupils now expressing an interest. Some are out-and-out academics and others are outstanding sportsmen. Recent successes have included Penn State, Columbia, Cornell and Brown on the academic front, with our outstanding sportsmen winning scholarships to Texas Christian University (top 5 for tennis in the USA –an amazing achievement) and Georgia State.
If this route appeals to your son he will receive support with his preparations, including specialist SAT/ACT classes.
UK University Destinations
US University Destinations
