Scotland Offshore Establishments
Merchiston Castle School
Dependable results for a comprehensive intake; the journey is the main thing to weigh.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
Admissions realism depends on your home postcode and the school's published allocation data. Enter your postcode on this page to get a more specific assessment, and always verify the latest policy on the school's official admissions page.
What to do next
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Admissions and catchment
Council allocation figures
Add a postcode to see where you would sit against past cut-offs.
We have not collected Scotland Offshore Establishments council’s allocation figures for this school yet. We only show a verdict when we can cite the council’s published figures. Check Scotland Offshore Establishments’s allocation booklet.
School information
| URN | 132447 |
| Local authority | Scotland Offshore Establishments |
| Region | Not Applicable |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Offshore schools |
| Gender of entry | Boys |
| Age range | 10-18 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher A R Hunter |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Not applicable |
| Religious character | — |
| Postcode | EH13 0PU |
| Latest pupils | — |
| FSM eligible | — |
Contact and identifiers
294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PU
View local authority page1313122200| DfE number | 6005 |
| UKPRN | — |
| Opened | — |
| GIAS updated | 21 Mar 2025 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 21 Mar 2025 |
| Latest KS4 year | — |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | — |