Cademuir International School

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Cademuir International School
Location
Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (UK)
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Locale English; international student
Head master Robert Mulvey
Students None[1]
Type Boarding school
Grades P7-S6.[2]
School Colour(s) Uniform; Black trousers, blue sweater (originally green sweater)
Established 1990
Homepage CIS website

Cademuir International School was a specialist school located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The school, founded by Robert Mulvey in 1990, was created to serve high ability learners and underachievers with high potential.[3]

Latterly based at Crawfordton House, Moniaive, a listed building, it previously operated from near Peebles.

In 2002, the school was ranked second of 418 schools in Scotland for Higher Grade results.[4] However, in 1999, only 31% of fourth-year pupils gained five or more Standard Grades, as compared with 98% of those at George Watson's College, Edinburgh (Cited in the above "Mail on Sunday" article).

Following controversial stories in the tabloid press, in 2004, an HMI report criticised the school, "particularly in the care and welfare areas of child protection, vetting of staff and restraint".[5] A followup inspection criticised a "lack of stable and effective strategic leadership" on 13 September 2005.[6]

In September 2006 the school went out of business due to financial difficulties. Its roll had dropped from 100 pupils to only 34 at the time of its closure.[7]

On 20 September 2006, just after Cademuir International School has been closed and vacated, a meeting of creditors took place. Among them Michael James Meston Reid, an appointed liquidator, manages the insolvency in relation to this school.

The "special buildings of a Baronial house of particular merit" owned by Cademuir are being sold for an asking price of £ 1.3 million. These buildings, along with the 32 bedrooms, 22 classrooms and 8 bathrooms are in need of maintenance and/or repair. They are currently offered online.

[edit] References

  1. ^ lazerserver.la.ohost.de/nmp.php?id=214d7dcc553cde6a7ece2c5866bcec10
  2. ^ Token from the school website[1]
  3. ^ You and Yours interview
  4. ^ BBC league table
  5. ^ HMI report
  6. ^ HMI followup report
  7. ^ McLaughlin, Martyn. "£23,400 per year school closes", The Herald, 2006-09-15. Retrieved on 2006-09-26. 

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