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Cademuir International School was a specialist school at
Moniaive Moniaive ( 'monny-IVE'; gd, Am Moine Naomh, ''"The Holy Moor"'') is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive ha ...
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Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
, Scotland. The school, founded by Robert Mulvey in 1990, was created to serve high ability learners and underachievers with high potential. Latterly based at
Crawfordton House Crawfordton House is a category B listed 19th-century country house, situated close to Moniaive in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It was operated as Crawfordton School in the second half of the 20th century. History Crawfordton Tower was a tower house ...
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Moniaive Moniaive ( 'monny-IVE'; gd, Am Moine Naomh, ''"The Holy Moor"'') is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive ha ...
, a listed building, it previously operated from near
Peebles Peebles ( gd, Na Pùballan) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire. According to the 2011 census, the population was 8,376 and the estimated population in June 2018 wa ...
. In 2002, the school was ranked second of 418 schools in Scotland for
Higher Grade In the Scottish secondary education system, the Higher () is one of the national school-leaving certificate exams and university entrance qualifications of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC) offered by the Scottish Qualifications ...
results. Following controversial stories in the tabloid press, in 2004, an HMI report criticised the school, "particularly in the care and welfare areas of child protection, vetting of staff and restraint". A follow-up inspection criticised a "lack of stable and effective strategic leadership" on 13 September 2005. In September 2006 the school went out of business due to financial difficulties. Its roll had dropped from 100 pupils to 34 at the time of its closure. The school buildings were then placed on the market with an asking price of £1.3 million.


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Blairmore School Blairmore School was an independent school (UK), independent boarding preparatory school (United Kingdom), preparatory school in Glass, Huntly, Glass near Huntly, Aberdeenshire until its closure in 1993. The site is now owned and used by a Christi ...
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Oxenfoord Castle School Oxenfoord Castle School was a girls' private boarding school, based at Oxenfoord Castle, Pathhead, Midlothian, near Edinburgh in Scotland. The school was founded in 1931 and closed in 1993. It was founded by Lady Marjorie Dalrymple, sister of J ...
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Rannoch School Rannoch School was an independent boarding school, located on the south shore of Loch Rannoch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the Dall Estate, from Kinloch Rannoch. Dall House served as the main school building and a boarding house. It was ...
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St Margaret's School, Edinburgh ) , established = 1890 , closed = 2010 , type = Independent , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = , head = , r_head_label = , r_head = , chair_label = , chair ...


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* Educational institutions established in 1990 Defunct boarding schools in Scotland Defunct schools in Dumfries and Galloway 1990 establishments in Scotland 2006 disestablishments in Scotland Educational institutions disestablished in 2006 {{Scotland-school-stub