Edinburgh Academy
The Edinburgh Academy is an independent school which was opened in 1824. The original building, in Henderson Row on the northern fringe of the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, is now part of the Senior School. The Junior School is located on Arboretum Road to the north of the city's Royal Botanic Garden.
The Edinburgh Academy is now a co-educational day school, boarding having ceased and the transition to co-education having been completed in 2008. The nursery, housed in a 2008 purpose built block on the Junior campus, caters for children from 2 to 5. The Junior School admits children from age 6 to 10 whilst the Senior School takes pupils from age 10 to 18.
While it is self-governed and financed, like all independent schools it remains subject to inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education. The most recent inspection was in 2006.
Read more about Edinburgh Academy: Foundation, Buildings, Traditions, Notable Alumni, Rectors of The Edinburgh Academy
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