Clifton Hall School
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| Established | 1930 |
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| Type | Independent day school |
| Headmaster | Rod Grant |
| Location |
Newbridge Midlothian EH28 8LQ Scotland |
| Students | 370~ |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 3–17 |
| Website | www |
Clifton Hall School is an independent day school located near Newbridge in Midlothian, Scotland. It is divided into the Nursery, Junior and Senior Schools and educates pupils from nursery to Senior 6. The school operates on a non-selective first-come-first-served basis for all entrants. Headmaster Rod Grant states on the school's website that 'children choose Clifton Hall, not the other way around'.
The school was founded in 1930 by Richard Killick and Robert Ainslie, formerly teachers at Merchiston Castle School. Clifton Hall was originally opened as a traditional boarding prep school, with boys aged from five to thirteen.
When Ainslie left to found Blairmore School in 1937, the roll of children had grown from four to forty-three, though the Great Depression had somewhat hindered growth. Further developments were interrupted by the Second World War, when the R.A.F. requisitioned the building, forcing the school to move to Kinloch House in Amulree, Perthshire.
After the War, the school grew rapidly to its then capacity of one hundred pupils. New rooms and facilities were added and the number of teachers increased. In 1964 the school ceased to be proprietorial and became a company limited by guarantee governed by a Board of Governors. In these years the school also moved away from its boys-only policy, becoming a co-educational school. The Nursery was opened in 1990 as the demand for boarding at preparatory schools declined.
In 1994 full boarding was discontinued; weekly boarding continued until 1996 when day students only were admitted and the age range became 3 to 12 years' old (Nursery to Primary 7) in order to accommodate transfer to Edinburgh secondary schools at S1. 2008 saw the school merging with another small independent school known as St. Serf's located in the Roseburn area of Edinburgh. This school was sold, with the proceeds therefrom used to begin secondary education at the school, which previously had only provided primary education. Over the next few years, the school tripled in size, and today it has a total of 370.
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