Cargilfield Preparatory School

Cargilfield Preparatory School

Cargilfield Preparatory School is a private co-educational prep school in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland's oldest prep school founded in 1873.

It is a day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 3-13 and caters for approximately 200 pupils. It is Scotland's principal feeder school to numerous British public schools including Ampleforth, Downe House, Eton, Fettes, Glenalmond, Gordonstoun, Harrow, Loretto, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Winchester, and numerous others.

Sports at the school include rugby, netball, hockey, skiing and shooting.

Fees are approximately £10,000 - £12,000 per annum.

Former pupils include Douglas Jamieson, Lord Jamieson, the 13th Duke of Argyll, and William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.

The Headmaster is John Elder, whose most reported act so far has been to abolish homeworkcite web
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