George Watson’s College for boys was opened as a charitable hospital in 1741 by the Merchant Company from the bequest of a successful Edinburgh merchant and financier, George Watson. In 1871 a girls’ school, George Watson’s Ladies’ College was founded as the Merchant Company schools grew in popularity and demand increased. The two schools merged in 1974 to create the co-educational school at Colinton Road and today George Watson’s College also has a nursery department and junior school.

For further information, visit the school’s website at www.gwc.org.uk or telephone 0131 446 6000.

Principal: Gareth Edwards