Coates Hall, 25 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 5EL
10 simple reasons to choose St Mary's Music School, Junior department
Independent prep school in Coates.
For pupils aged 8 to 12 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 20% of pupils board, 80% are full boarders and 20% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 5.
Not a school of religious character.
Choir school and specialist music school. Pupils and choristers selected on musical ability.
Very small school, with less than one class per year (combined year groups).
Junior division of St Mary's Music School, an all-through school to age 18.
Fees are £8,636 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees are £12,235 per term.
10 better reasons to choose St Mary's Music School, Junior department
Schoolsmith Score®; 77.
One of the best independent prep schools in Edinburgh and one of the 5 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
On average, 13 pupils per class and 8.7 pupils per teacher.
St Mary's Music School is selective by musical ability. Most pupils go on to the senior school, which also has a track record for academic achievement.
As a specialist music school, the school teaches music for half of the day and Scottish Curriculum for Excellence subjects for the other half.
Specialist teachers for PE, music, languages, art, music theory throughout. Naturally, particular depth and breadth of specialism in music.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There are a small number of academic clubs.
School offers a small range of sports.
Accredited as a Centre of Excellence for the Performing Arts, and one of the 9 specialist music and dance schools in the UK for school age children. School also educates and trains choristers for St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. Whole school choirs, orchestras and instrument ensembles.
Attractive buildings and setting.
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Independent Senior Schools
Day: St Mary's Music School (0 miles); Stewart's Melville College (0.7 miles); Basil Paterson Tutorial College, Middle School (0.9 miles). Boarding: St Mary's Music School (0 miles); Stewart's Melville College (0.7 miles); St George's School for Girls, Edinburgh (1 mile).