Cargilfield Preparatory School is a private co-educational prep school in

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, Scotland. It was founded in 1873. It is a day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 3–13 and caters for approximately 300 pupils. It prepares pupils mainly for

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s or Academic Scholarships required for entry to public schools.

History

Cargilfield was founded in 1873 by Rev Daniel Charles Darnell an Episcopalian and a former master at

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and was the first independent preparatory school in Scotland. Originally, the school was located at Cargilfield, a large villa on South Trinity Road in the

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area of Edinburgh. It was sometimes referred to as Cargilfield Trinity School. It largely served as a feeder school to nearby

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. In 1899, the school relocated to Barnton. In the period 2003–2012, the headmaster was John Elder. Among the changes he made to the school was the abolition of

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. In 2014, the UK government named the school in a list of 25 UK employers which had failed to pay workers the

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, for underpaying an artist in residence by £3,739. The school responded that it had rectified this situation as soon as it was made aware of it, and apologised. The school has reached the finals of the UKMT Team Mathematics Challenge competition in five consecutive years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. )

Notable alumni

:''See also :People educated at Cargilfield School'' *

Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll (born 29 May 1968), styled as Earl of Campbell before 1973 and as Marquess of Lorne between 1973 and 2001, is a Scottish peer. The family's main seat is Inveraray Castle, although the Duke and ...

(born 1968) * James Balfour-Melville (1882–1915), cricketer and soldier *

Robin Barbour Robert Alexander Stewart "Robin" Barbour (11 May 1921 – 18 October 2014) was a Church of Scotland minister and an author. Robin Barbour was born on 11 May 1921 in Edinburgh to George Freeland Barbour and Helen Hepburne-Scott. His fathe ...

KCVO MC (1921–2014), Church of Scotland minister and author *

John Lorne Campbell Dr John Lorne Campbell FRSE LLD OBE ( gd, Iain Latharna Caimbeul) (1906–1996) was a Scottish historian, farmer, environmentalist and folklorist, and recognized scholar of Scottish Gaelic literature. Early life According to his biographer, ...

of Canna (1906-1996) landowner and folklorist *

Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton FRS (18 October 1863 – 19 February 1930) was a Scottish consulting electrical engineer, who provided the theoretical basis for the electronic television, two decades before the technology existed to implement ...

(1863–1930), electrical engineer * Euan Hillhouse Methven Cox (1893–1977), botanist and horticulturist *

George Denholm Group Captain George Lovell "Uncle" Denholm, (20 December 1908 – 15 June 1997) was a Scottish fighter pilot and flying ace of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain, and is counted amo ...

(1908–1997), Second World War flying ace * Thomas Gillespie (1892–1914), Olympic rowerLetters from Flanders, written by 2nd Lieut. A. D. Gillespie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, to his home people; (1916)
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Sandy Gunn Alastair Donald Mackintosh "Sandy" Gunn (27 September 1919 – 6 April 1944), was a Scottish Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. Gunn took part in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Lu ...

, photographic reconnaissance

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pilot, executed in 1944 after the Great Escape * Sir William Oliphant Hutchison (1889–1970), portrait and landscape painter *

Douglas Jamieson, Lord Jamieson Douglas Jamieson (14 April 1880 – 31 May 1952) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge. Biography Jamieson was born on 14 April 1880 to Violet and William Jamieson, a merchant. Educated at Cargilfield School, Fettes College, the Unive ...

(1880–1952), Unionist politician and judge *

Logie Bruce Lockhart Logie Bruce Lockhart (12 October 1921 – 7 September 2020) was a Scottish schoolmaster, writer, and journalist, in his youth a Scottish international rugby union footballer and for most of his teaching career headmaster of Gresham's School. Ba ...

(1921–2020), Scotland international

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footballer and headmasterLogie Bruce Lockhart, ''Now and Then, This and That'' (Larks Press, 2013), p. 27 * Hugh Mackenzie (1913–1996), Royal Navy officer * Donald M. MacKinnon (1913–1994), philosopher and theologian * Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson (1920–2014), soldier *

Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies Duncan Adam Young Menzies, Lord Menzies, (born 28 August 1953) is a Senator of the College of Justice, judge of the College of Justice, Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Outer House of the Court of Session in 2001, and the Inne ...

(born 1953), judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland *

Victor Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier Victor Ferrier Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier Efficiency Decoration, ED Territorial Decoration, TD Deputy Lieutenant, DL (29 January 1900 – 4 June 1992) was a British soldier and commercial businessman. With interests in banking and insurance he w ...

(1900–1992), soldier and business man *

William Robert Ogilvie-Grant William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (25 March 1863 – 26 July 1924) was a Scottish ornithologist. Early life and education Grant born on 25 March 1863 as second son of Capt. Hon. George Henry Essex Ogilvie-Grant, of Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Sco ...

(1863–1924), ornithologist * Lewis Robertson (1883–1914), Scotland rugby footballer and soldier *

William Roy Sanderson William Roy Sanderson (23 September 1907 – 19 June 2008) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1967. In 1961 he had organised the first meeting between a moderator and the pope. He wa ...

DD (1907–2008), minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1967 *Sir

Samuel Strang Steel Sir Samuel Barber Strang Steel of Philiphaugh, 1st Baronet, Territorial Decoration (1 August 1882 – 14 August 1961) was a landowner and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashford from 1918 ...

of Philiphaugh Bt, landowner and

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politician. * George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (1931-2003),

politician and banker

References

External links

Official Website

Profile
on the

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