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St Mary's School, Melrose

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC009352
Status
Active
Registered
Nov. 1, 1946
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Abbey Park
Melrose
TD6 9LN

Contact

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education'

St Mary's School, Melrose is a charitable company founded in 1945. St. Mary’s co-educational day, flexi and weekly boarding prep school . St. Mary’s Prep School prides itself on the highest possible standards in all areas of the curriculum – in academics and through sport, expressive arts, outdoor learning and clubs. The flexi-weekly boarding on offer is immensely popular due to a non-compulsory element to the provision. Pupils board because they want to, not because they have to, and the mix of experience, energy and youthfulness among the boarding staff in state of the art boarding facilities is second-to-none.. The only prep school in the heart of the Borders with excellent links to Edinburgh on the Borders Railway and this has opened up all sorts of opportunities to working parents looking for first class wrap around care in the form of a quality education for young people from 2-13 years of age.

Objectives: The objects for which the School is established are: To provide a school for the education of pupils under 13 years old of either sex and in furtherance of this object:- (a) To own, operate, maintain, develop and promote St. Mary's School, Abbey Park, High Street, Melrose, TD6 9LN. (b) To promote education generally and in particular the education of Boys and Girls. (c) To provide facilities for systematic education, instruction and study in various branches of knowledge, including classical, linguistic, mathematical, scientific, literary, artistic, musical and other cognate subjects. and to employ Headmasters, Lecturers, Teachers and others for giving lectures, demonstrations, instruction and teaching on such subjects. (d) To grant and establish or join or concur in the granting and establishment of prizes, exhibitions, scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, lectureships, professorships or others connected with the School. to make payments of or towards the expenses of pupils or scholars by way of traveling grants or for research or otherwise. and to pay for or provide board and maintenance for pupils or scholars or other persons attending St Mary's School. (e) To enter into arrangements or to act in conjunction with Educational Authorities, Associations, Institutions others, if thought or expedient for the effectual attainment of the objects for which the School is established.

Geography

Main operating location
Scottish Borders
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Aug. 31, 2025 £0 £0 56
Aug. 31, 2024 £2,590,292 £2,457,460 -
Aug. 31, 2023 £2,405,385 £2,230,803 -
Aug. 31, 2022 £2,091,187 £2,092,480 -
Aug. 31, 2021 £1,927,648 £1,952,141 -