Merchiston Castle School
Offshore schools · Boys · Scotland Offshore Establishments
294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PU
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Ranking (England)
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Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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Attendance
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At a glance
Pupils on roll
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GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Offshore schools
- Age range
- 10–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- A R Hunter
- Address
- 294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PU
- Phone
- 01313122200
- Local authority
- Scotland Offshore Establishments
- Ward / constituency
- Colinton/Fairmilehead · Edinburgh South West
- Area
- (Scotland) Large Urban Area
- URN
- 132447
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
— pupils. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
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Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 13907: Merchiston Castle School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | 0% |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.