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We treat all our pupils the same way - individually!
What makes your child an individual? Unique talents, unique needs, unique ambitions. Your child needs a school that not only recognises this uniqueness but is equipped to tailor its teaching to suit the individual child. Large schools lack this flexibility.
That's where The Edinburgh Academy comes in. The Edinburgh Academy is a small school with small class sizes. Your child is an individual here. Like a large family, The Edinburgh Academy recognises and values every individual member.
It is rare amongst Scottish independent schools to find a small school with so flexible a curriculum. The secondary school curriculum should not constrain, but should identify and develop individual talent. That is what we mean by personally tailored teaching. To permit this, our normal pattern of examinations is GCSE at age 15+, Higher Grade at 16+ and A-Level at 17+ where appropriate. Boys and girls may achieve university entrance qualifications through either Highers or A-Levels.
Now fully coeducational
The Edinburgh Academy has long been recognised as outstanding amongst Edinburgh boys schools, but you may be surprised to know that our first senior girl was in fact admitted as long ago as 1966. Now at last the opportunity of this superlative education is being extended to girls of all ages. The Edinburgh Academy Junior School led the way with 53 girls enrolled in 2007-8 and a huge increase in enquiries for 2008-9. The Edinburgh Academy Senior School follows in August 2008, with perhaps surprisingly a majority of its new enquiries coming from girls, despite the fact that enquiries from boys have also increased!
Scholarships
Every year The Edinburgh Academy offers external scholarships to help gifted children achieve their highest potential. Academic scholarships, art scholarships, music scholarships and sports scholarships are designed to reward excellence by enabling pupils to attend the Academy who would not otherwise be able to do so. Bursaries (financial support) may also be available to pupils whose families may not otherwise be in a position to consider the school.
All this means that parents looking for an Edinburgh boys school, an Edinburgh girls school, or a top academic sixth form to prepare a boy or girl for university entrance, regularly choose The Edinburgh Academy. Boys and girls come to The Edinburgh Academy from a variety of educational backgrounds in Scotland, England or overseas and mix happily together.
What makes The Edinburgh Academy different?
Small classes
To be seen as an individual a child must not be crowded with many others in a large class where his share of the teacher's attention is only a few minutes per day. For a child to develop an inquiring mind, her teacher needs to be able to respond when she wants to ask a question. |
Scottish Highers & English A-Levels |
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Good teachers and pastoral care
In addition personal pastoral guidance is provided by class teachers and year heads. At The Edinburgh Academy each boy and girl knows who to turn to for help and advice. That too is part of personally tailored teaching. |
Extra-curricular activities
Our field centre in the Scottish Highlands provides a base for outdoor activities, whilst cultural or sporting expeditions traverse the globe from China and the Himalayas to The West Indies and South Africa, as well as visiting various UK and European destinations. This extraordinary vitality strongly influences parental choice amongst Edinburgh day schools. |
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Boys & girls - nursery, primary and secondary The Edinburgh Academy Nursery offers part time or full time nursery education, not just child care. The Edinburgh Academy Junior School is renowned not only for good primary teaching but also a wealth of extra-curricular activities. The Edinburgh Academy Senior School, fully coeducational from 2008, stands out amongst Edinburgh boys schools and Edinburgh girls schools for its personally tailored teaching. |
Examinations: A-Level 100% pass 2007
At Scottish Higher Grade, our candidates obtained an 80% pass rate, with 33% achieving grade A. At GCSE 20% of presentations gained A* and 46% of all presentations were awarded either A* or A grades. The pass rate was 94%. |
It is small classes and a high staffing ratio that make individual attention and personally tailored teaching possible. 
The Edinburgh Academy's 
Personally tailored teaching also requires good teachers. Many teachers can teach subjects; good teachers know how to teach boys and girls. Good teachers inspire a child with a love of learning that endures long after specific facts are forgotten. The Edinburgh Academy can provide personally tailored teaching because it has good, well qualified and dedicated teachers.
A distinctive feature of The Edinburgh Academy is the richness of life outside the classroom. The school is famous for its 
Boys and girls can now attend The Edinburgh Academy between the ages of two and eighteen. 
Once again our A-Level 
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