St. Mary's School, Melrose

St. Mary's School
Motto Behalde to ye hende
(Look to your future)
Established 1895
Type Preparatory school
Day & Boarding School
Headmaster Liam Harvey
Founder John Hamilton
Location Abbey Park
Melrose
TD6 9LN
Scotland
Coordinates: 55°35′53″N 2°43′52″W / 55.598°N 2.731°W / 55.598; -2.731
Ages 2–13
Website St. Mary's School

St. Mary's School is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding prep school in Melrose, Scotland.[1] As of 2015 there are 190 pupils; 97 boys and 93 girls.[1]

History

St. Mary's School was established in 1895 by John Hamilton as a school for boys.[2] The school remains at its original location in Abbey Park, Melrose, and is named after St. Mary's Abbey, Melrose.[2][3] In 1976 the school became co-educational.[3]

The school motto is Behalde to ye hende, which means Look to your future in old Scots.[4]

In July 2010 the school opened the Hamilton Building, named after the founder, for the use of the top three years' pupils.[5]

The headmaster, Liam Harvey, took charge in September 2010 and is a former pupil of the school.[5]

In March 2015 the Sanderson Building, a new science and art block, was opened by Anne, Princess Royal.[6]

St. Mary's School has produced seventeen Scotland rugby union internationals, six of whom have represented the British and Irish Lions.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "St Mary's Melrose". Tatler. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "History". St. Mary's School, Melrose. 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "St. Mary's School, Melrose". BBC. 1986. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "St Mary's Melrose". Tatler. 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "New building, new head: St Mary's starts school year in style". The Southern Reporter. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Buildings". St. Mary's School, Melrose. 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rugby". St. Mary's School, Melrose. 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Connor, Jeff (2011). Giants of Scottish Rugby. Random House. ISBN 1780572883.
  9. ↑ Abernethy, Rt Hon. Lord. Who's Who. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
  10. ↑ "Arthur Dorward". The Scotsman. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Tom Elliot". The Times. 16 May 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 27 January 2016. Tom Elliot, MBE, Scottish rugby player and president of the Cheviot Sheep Society, died on May 3 aged 72. He was born on April 6, 1926. Tom Elliot was the epitome of the hard Borders prop forward of the 1950s. An amateur who loved his rugby, he was capped for Scotland 14 times and toured with the British Isles in South Africa in 1955. He was also a successful sheep and cattle farmer in the Borders, and he played an active part in the farmers' union and in farming politics at national level. Thomas Elliot was born into a Kelso farming family, attended the nearby prep school of St Mary's in Melrose, and went on to Loretto School. At school he was a useful lock forward and he also played in that position for the Gala 2nd XV.
  12. ↑ "Sir Russell Fairgrieve". The Independent. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "John Jeffrey handed Moredun honorary fellowship". The Courier. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Gordon Waddell". The Daily Telegraph. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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