Rannoch School
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| Motto | In pursuit of all round excellence. (School hymn - Father Hear the Prayer We Offer (Tune: Sussex)) |
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| Established | 1959 |
| Closed | 2002 |
| Type | Private boarding secondary |
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Near Kinloch Rannoch and Pitlochry Scotland |
| Students | c. 300 at max |
| Gender | co-educational |
| Ages | 10–18 |
| Campus | Rural: c. 90 acres |
| School Grades | p7 - s6 (Years 1 - Upper 6) |
Rannoch School was an independent boarding school, located on the south shore of Loch Rannoch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the Dall Estate, 6 miles (9.7 km) from Kinloch Rannoch. Dall House served as the main school building and a boarding house.
It was established by three masters from Gordonstoun School and opened on 24 September 1959 with 82 boys. The founding masters were A.J.S. Greig (Headmaster and Housemaster of Dall House known as "Dougal"), P. Whitworth (Housemaster of Potteries House aka "Paddy" or "Spongy" to most of the pupils) and J. Fleming (aka "Gemflem"). The school's ethos was enshrined in its principle of "in pursuit of all round excellence" based on the philosophies of Kurt Hahn.
Rannoch's location in the Highland Perthshire glens lent itself well to Outward Bound pursuits, which became a large part of the school's activities.
At its peak, Rannoch School had over 300 boarders (girls and boys) from ages 10 – 18. There were four boys' boarding houses: Dall (located in Dall House itself), Potteries, Wade, Wentworth; one girls' boarding house: Robertson; one junior boarding house: Cameron.
In 1997, to accommodate increasing numbers of girl pupils, Wentworth merged with Dall to become Duncan House, and Wentworth became a new girls' house, Struan.
Rannoch also had a modern sports centre, design centre, swimming pool, chapel and gym donated by the Prior family. It also housed a student built library.
Dall House was the main school building. It housed two of the boys’ boarding houses, the dining hall, kitchens, masters common room and headmasters office, and in later years the girls boarding house.
The estate dates back to 1347. Dall House was built later and existed as a principal seat of the Clan Robertson until early last century. From that time until 1951 Dall House was owned by Captain Vernon Wentworth who used to visit during the Autumn hunting season. He took his staff from his main residence at Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire during the season and after the end of world war II lived there full-time until his death in 1951. He is buried at a private grave site by the burn adjacent to the house. The building is a romantically styled Scots Baronial mansion house designed by architect Thomas Mackenzie. Prior to being purchased by the school, it was used as offices by the Forestry Commission.
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