Private Schools in Scotland
The education system in Scotland is distinct from the rest of the United Kingdom and was the first country since Sparta in classical Greece to implement a system of general public education. Schooling was made compulsory for the first time in Scotland with the Education Act of 1496 since it forced all nobles and freeholders to educate their eldest sons in Latin, followed by the Arts, and Scots law. Then, in 1561, the Kirk set out a national programme for spiritual reform, including a school in every parish. Education continued to be a matter for the church rather than the state until the Education Act of 1872. As a result, for over two hundred years Scotland had a higher percentage of its population educated at primary, secondary and tertiary levels than any other country in Europe.[citation needed]
Today, children in Scotland sit Standard Grade exams at the age of 15 or 16, sometimes earlier, for up to eight subjects (although some schools study for nine) including compulsory exams in English, mathematics, a foreign language, a science subject and a social subject. Each school may vary these compulsory combinations. The school leaving age is 16, after which students may choose to remain at school and study for Access, Intermediate or Higher Grade and Advanced Higher exams. A small number of students at certain private, independent schools may follow the English system and study towards GCSEs instead of Standard Grades, and towards A and AS-Levels instead of Higher Grade and Advanced Higher exams.
The Scottish Executive funds over forty further and higher education colleges where students can study for more vocational qualifications; degree-entry qualifications such as diplomas; and specialist courses in the arts or agriculture. Scotland has 13 universities and one university college, including the four ancient universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews founded during the mediaeval period. Bachelor's degrees at Scottish universities are bestowed after four years of study, some conferred by the ancient universities being confusingly known as Masters of Arts (MA), with the option to graduate with an ordinary degree after three years or continue with the fourth year of study to obtain an honours degree. Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, Scottish students studying at a Scottish university do not have to pay for tuition fees. The Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) pay course fees for all Scottish students domiciled in Scotland and offer bursaries to eligible students. Scottish students have the option of accepting a loan from the Student Loans Company (SLC), and if eligible, this is paid back after graduation. Scottish students studying outside of Scotland but within the UK have to pay for tuition, but at a reduced rate depending upon how much their chosen institution charges. All Scottish universities attract a high percentage of overseas students, and many have links with overseas institutions.
Scottish private schools by area:
 Aberdeenshire
 Aberdeen Waldorf School - DAY
Cults, Aberdeenshire
AB15 9QD
Albyn School - DAY
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
AB15 4PB
Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools - BRD
Bieldside, Aberdeenshire
AB15 9EP
Easter Auguston Training Farm
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
AB14 0PJ
The Hamilton School - DAY PREP
Queen's Road, Aberdeenshire
AB15 4YE
International School of Aberdeen - DAY
Milltimber, Aberdeenshire
AB13 0AB
Linn Moor Residential School
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
AB14 0PJ
Robert Gordon's College - DAY
Schoolhill, Aberdeenshire
AB10 1FE
St Margaret's School for Girls - DAY
Aberdeenshire
AB10 1RU
Angus
High School of Dundee - DAY PREP
Euclid Crescent, Angus
DD1 1HU
Lathallan School - BRD
Montrose, Angus
DD10 0HN
Argyll
Ayrshire
Daldorch House School
Catrine, Ayrshire
KA5 6NE
Geilsland School
Ayrshire
KA15 1HD
Seafield School
Ardrossan, Ayrshire
KA22 8NL
Wellington School - BRD
Ayr, Ayrshire
KA7 2XH
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dollar Academy - BRD PREP
Dollar, Clackmannanshire
FK14 7DU
New Struan School
Alloa, Clackmannanshire
FK10 1NP
Dumfriesshire
Cademuir International School - BRD PREP
Thornhill, Dumfriesshire
DG3 4HG
Dunbartonshire
Keil School - BRD
Helenslee Road, Dunbartonshire
G82 4AL
Fife
Barnardo's Lecropt
Falkirk, Fife
FK1 4HS
Falkland House School
Cupar, Fife
KY15 7AE
Hillside School
Aberdour, Fife
KY3 0RH
Inchkeith School - DAY
Culross, Fife
KY12 8JJ
New Park School - DAY
St. Andrews, Fife
KY16 9LN
Sea View School - DAY
Kirkcaldy, Fife
KY1 3DD
Snowdon School
Stirling, Fife
FK8 1DU
St Leonards - BRD
St. Andrews, Fife
KY16 9QU
St Leonards-New Park junior school - BRD PREP
St. Andrews, Fife
KY16 9RB
Starley Hall
Burntisland, Fife
KY3 0AG
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Atholl Preparatory School (for Glasgow Academy) - DAY PREP
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G62 8NP
Belmont House School - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G77 5DU
Craigholme School - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G41 4HS
Dairsie House School - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G43 2JG
East Park Home School
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G20 9TD
Fernhill School - DAY PREP
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G73 4SG
Gask House School - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G64 2AZ
The Glasgow Academy - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G12 8HE
Glasgow Steiner School - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G3 8RH
Hamilton College - DAY
Hamilton, Lanarkshire
ML3 0AY
The High School of Glasgow - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G13 1PL
Hutchesons' Grammar School - DAY PREP
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G41 4NW
Kelvinside Academy - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G12 0SW
Laurel Park School - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G12 8RX
Springboig St John's
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G33 4EH
St Aloysius' College - DAY
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G3 6RJ
St Francis Day Boy Unit
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
G33 4EH
St Phillip's School
Airdrie, Lanarkshire
ML6 7SF
Stanmore House Residential School
Lanarkshire
ML11 7RR
Lothian
Harmeny School - BRD
Balerno, Lothian
EH14 7JY
Mannafields Christian School - DAY
Edinburgh, Lothian
EH7 5QE
Moore House School
Bathgate, Lothian
EH48 1EX
RNIB Scotland
Edinburgh, Lothian
EH15 2PP
Morayshire
Gordonstoun School - BRD PREP
Elgin, Morayshire
IV30 5RF
Rosebrae School - DAY
Elgin, Morayshire
IV30 8XT
Rosebrea School
Elgin, Morayshire
IV30 8XT
Nairnshire
Peeblesshire
Perthshire
Ardvreck School - BRD
Crieff, Perthshire
PH7 4EX
Butterstone School - BRD
Meigle, Perthshire
PH12 8QY
Craigclowan Preparatory School - DAY PREP
Perth, Perthshire
PH2 8PS
Croftinloan School - BRD
Pitlochry, Perthshire
PH16 5JR
Glenalmond College - BRD
Glenalmond, Perthshire
PH1 3RY
Kilgraston School - BRD PREP
Bridge of Earn, Perthshire
PH2 9BQ
Morrison's Academy - DAY
Crieff, Perthshire
PH7 3AN
The New School - Butterstone - BRD
Dunkeld, Perthshire
PH8 0HJ
Queen Victoria School - BRD
Dunblane, Perthshire
FK15 0JY
Rannoch School
Pitlochry, Perthshire
PH17 2QQ
Strathallan School - BRD
Perth, Perthshire
PH2 9EG
Renfrewshire
Ross-shire
Roxburghshire
St Mary's Prep School - BRD PREP
Melrose, Roxburghshire
TD6 9LN
Selkirkshire
Stirlingshire
Ballikinrain Residential School
Stirling, Stirlingshire
G63 0LL
Beaconhurst School - DAY
Stirling, Stirlingshire
FK9 4RR
Sutherland
Wigtownshire
Teacher who pulled faces is struck off - Times Online
03/12/2008
Sporting Digest - Scotsman
04/12/2008
Alex Salmond accused of hypocrisy over falling teacher numbers - Telegraph.co.uk
30/11/2008
Teachers have to buy stationery - Aberdeen Press and Journal
01/12/2008
Should sex education be compulsory in Scottish schools? - Borders Today
13/11/2008
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