St. Margaret's School, Edinburgh

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St. Margaret's School was an independent school in the Newington area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The curriculum was based on the Scottish education system. The school was one of only three other all-girls, private, fee-paying schools based in the Edinburgh district. The school was famous in Edinburgh city as a prestigious, elite all-female school in which fee-paying every term was mandatory. A private boarding school to cater for students staying from home was offered and often housed a small group of students. The school completed alongside other female-dominated private schools in the country.HistoryFoundation and early years: 1890-1897St. Margaret's was founded in 1890 by James Buchanan. Buchanan housed his fledgling school in two identical specifically designed buildings, one on East Suffolk Road in Newington, the other on Egypt Terrace (now part of Cluny Drive) in Morningside. The total cost of both buildings was £6,000. This equates to about £54,000 in today's money. The school was named after Saint Margaret of Scotland.Buchanan initially named his new school The Queen Margaret College for Young Ladies. The inclusion of the word College in the name was to emphasise that secondary education was available. Prior to the school's opening on 1 October 1890, Buchanan had worked extremely hard to publicise it - placing daily adverts in The Scotsman, giving out handbills to local businesses and creating a prospectus for potential parents. The result of his hard work was an opening roll of over 200.

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