Cargilfield Preparatory School


Cargilfield Preparatory School is a Scottish private co-educational boarding and prep school in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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History

Cargilfield was founded in 1873 by Rev Daniel Charles Darnell an Episcopalian and former master at Rugby School 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 Trinity area of Edinburgh. It was sometimes referred to as Cargilfield Trinity School. It largely served as a feeder school to nearby Fettes College.
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 homework.
In 2014, the UK government named the school in a list of 25 UK employers which had failed to pay workers the national minimum wage, 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