Please note that the tagging of witness statements, transcripts, and other PDF reports is time-consuming and ongoing. Just the first quarter of former headmaster Andrew Hunter's almost-100 page written submission resulted in 87 tags.
A
- Abuse: Beatings (1)
- Abuse: Emotional & Psychological Abuse (3)
- Abuse: Inadequate Reporting (2)
- Academic Leadership Team (ALT) (1)
- Aitken & Niven (official school uniform suppliers) (1)
- Alan Draper (INCAS) (1)
- A-Levels (1)
- Anderson Strathern (law firm) (1)
- Andrew Brown QC (Council for the SCAI) (3)
- Andrew Keir (convicted child abuser and former physics teacher at Gordonstoun School) (2)
- Andrew Rait (Merchiston headhunter) (2)
- Andrew Tate (1)
- Angela Constance (Scottish Education Secretary) (1)
- Angela Grahame QC (Loretto School solicitor) (1)
- Anne Rickard (wife of housemaster Nigel Rickard) (1)
- Assistant Housemasters/Residential Tutors (1)
- Assistant Master: Ian Balfour Paul (7)
- Assistant Masters: "Edward (CDX)" (1965-) (1)
- Assistant Masters: "Edward (CDX)" – SCAI Witness Statement (22 December 2022) (1)
- Assistant Masters: "Glenn (QZA)" (1)
- Assistant Masters: Gordon Cruden (1976–1985) (9)
- Assistant Masters: "James (CDR)" (1)
- Assistant Masters: James Rainy Brown (21)
- Assistant Masters: "Jane (QTL)" (1)
- Assistant Masters: Kenneth Houston (1)
- Assistant Masters: "Laura (RCQ)" (4)
- Assistant Masters: Maria Victoria Prini-Garcia (1986-2016) (2)
- Assistant Masters: Marion Muetzelfeldt (1)
- Assistant Masters: Mervyn Preston (6)
- Assistant Masters: Nicholas Diver (1)
- Assistant Masters: "Nicola (DFX)" (4)
- Assistant Masters: Nigel Rickard (1)
- Assistant Masters: Peter Hall (1)
- Assistant Masters: Richard Robin Greenwood (Chemistry Teacher) (1)
- Assistant Masters: "Robert (QZL)" (1)
- Assistant Masters: Stephen Campbell (1)
- Attitudes: 'Abusers are dead' (1)
- Attitudes: Acceptance of Bullying (1)
- Attitudes: Aggression (1)
- Attitudes: Arrogance (1)
- Attitudes: Birthdays (1)
- Attitudes: Elitism (1)
- Attitudes: "I saw nothing" (1)
- Attitudes: "I think that the boarding schools in England were more advanced than most boarding schools in Scotland" (1)
- Attitudes: Misogyny (2)
- Attitudes: 'Not fair' to single out boys-only schools (1)
- Attitudes: Rape Culture (1)
- Attitudes: "Sporting achievement was the only relevant achievement" (2)
- Attitudes: "We improved all our policies" (1)
B
- Barbara Hunter (wife of headmaster Andrew Hunter) (1)
- Bloxham School in North Oxfordshire (subsequent employer of Gordon Cruden) (4)
- Bloxham School spokesperson (1)
- Boarding House Locks (1)
- Boarding House Tutors (1)
- Boys-Only Schools (1)
- Bullying (6)
- Bullying: Hanging by Underpants (1)
- Bullying: Homophobia (1)
- Bullying: "Lord of the Flies" culture (2)
- Bullying: Naked Humiliation (1)
- Burser (1)
C
- Care Inspectorate (5)
- Care Inspectorate: Merchiston Unwillingness (1)
- Care Inspectorate spokesperson (1)
- Care Inspectorate: Unannounced Inspections (1)
- Care Providers: Barnado's (1)
- Care Providers: Quarriers (1)
- Care Providers: The Aberlour Child Care Trust (1)
- Care Providers: The Widower's Children's Home (1)
- Case Study no. 9: Volume 5 — The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Merchiston Castle School — Edinburgh (2)
- Castle Gates (the headmaster's house) (1)
- Catholic Church (1)
- Catholic Orders: Benedictines (3)
- Catholic Orders: De La Salle Brothers (1)
- Catholic Orders: The Christian Brothers (3)
- Catholic Orders: The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul (1)
- Catholic Orders: The Marist Brothers (2)
- Catholic Orders: The Sisters of Nazareth (2)
- Catholic Orders: The Sisters of our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (1)
- Charitable Status (1)
- Church (1)
- Church of Scotland (1)
- Church of Scotland-run establishments: Ballikinrain School (1)
- Church of Scotland-run establishments: Geilsland Residential School (1)
- Church of Scotland-run establishments: Lord and Lady Polwarth Home for Children in Edinburgh (1)
- Colington Woods (1)
- Combined Cadet Force (CCF) (2)
- Concealed from Parents (1)
- Contact the Hub (1)
- Contact the Hub securely (1)
- Cost of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (1)
- Cricket (1)
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) (6)
- Crown Office refuses to prosecute (5)
- Crown Office spokesperson (3)
- Cruden abandoned his appeal (1)
D
- David McKie (partner in the law firm Levy and McRae) (1)
- David Stock (Loretto School whistleblower) (1)
- David Wheelan (Former Boys and Girls Abused of Quarriers Homes charity) (1)
- Day Boys (1)
- Deadline News Agency (1)
- Directors of Studies: John Begg (1)
- Disclosure Scotland (Scottish government agency) (1)
- Dormitories (1)
- Duncan Hamilton (Morrison's Academy solicitor) (1)
E
- Edinburgh (1)
- Edinburgh Academy (1)
- Edinburgh Local Education Authority (LEA) (1)
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court (3)
- Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) (1)
- Educational Institute of Scotland spokesperson (1)
- Education Scotland quango (2)
- Equally Safe at School pilot project (1)
- Everyone's Invited website (1)
F
G
- Gareth Warren (Morrison's Academy Rector) (2)
- General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) (8)
- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) (1)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Giles Moffat (co-founder of Edinburgh Academy Survivors) (1)
- Gillian Sim (lawyer for the GTCS) (1)
- Glenn Harrison (Queen Victoria School whistleblower) (1)
- Gordonstoun School (8)
- Graeme Pearson (Scottish Labour justice spokesperson) (1)
- Graham MacIver (Queen Victoria School solicitor) (1)
- GTCS Findings "Removal With Consent” (4)
- GTCS Proceedings: 'Fitness to Teach' Panels (5)
- GTCS Proceedings: Private & Anonymous Hearings (6)
- GTCS Registrars: Ken Muir (1)
- GTCS spokesperson (3)
H
- Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) (1)
- Headmasters: Andrew Hunter (1998-2018) (8)
- Headmasters: Andrew Hunter – SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020) (4)
- Headmasters: David Spawforth (1981-1998) (3)
- Headmaster's Forum (1)
- Headmasters: Huw Jones (2025-present day) (1)
- Headmasters: Jonathan Anderson (2018-2025) (10)
- Headmasters: Jonathan Anderson – SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020) (3)
- Helen Holland (INCAS Chairperson) (2)
- Her/His Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland (HMIE) (1)
- HMC Courses (1)
- Horizontal Boarding System (1)
- Housemothers (1)
- How Good is Our School (HGIOS) (1)
- Hugh Monro (HMC Head) (1)
I
- Ian Balfour Paul's Pringle House-adjacent cottage (1)
- Ian Bryce (lawyer) (1)
- Idealistic view of boarding school (1)
- In Care Abuse Survivors Scotland (INCAS) (2)
- Insane Levels Of: Obsessively discussing developing school policies during a period in which documented abuse was rife (1)
- Insane Levels Of: School and Inspectorate back-scratching (1)
- Inspection Reports (5)
- Inspections (1)
- International Student Experience (1)
J
- James Rainy Brown family (2)
- James Rainy Brown £1 million bequest donation (2)
- James Rainy Brown's £330k home in Colinton (1)
- James Rainy Brown suicide (29 April 2013) (13)
- James Rainy Brown (suspension) (1)
- Joanne Smith (NSPCC Scotland policy and public affairs manager) (1)
- John Edward (Director of SCIS) (3)
- John Halley (former lead junior counsel for the SCAI) (4)
- Jonathan Brodie QC (Fettes solicitor) (1)
- Journalists: Andrew Picken (4)
- Journalists: Ann Collett-White (1)
- Journalists: Bhvishya Patel (1)
- Journalists: Catriona Stewart (2)
- Journalists: Constance Kampfner (1)
- Journalists: Eleanor Harding (1)
- Journalists: Graham Grant (2)
- Journalists: Kirsty Stewart (3)
- Journalists: Laura Paterson (1)
- Journalists: Paige Beresford (1)
- Journalists: Paul Hutcheon (3)
- Journalists: Sarah Cassidy (1)
- Journalists: Sarah Ward (1)
- Journalists: Stephen Naysmith (1)
- Journalists: Stephen Wilkie (1)
- Judicial Office for Scotland spokesperson (2)
- Judith Sischy (Director of SCIS) (2)
L
M
- Manosphere (1)
- Media: BBC News (9)
- Media: STV News (1)
- Media: The Daily Mail (5)
- Media: The Daily Record (1)
- Media: The Edinburgh Evening News (2)
- Media: The Express (1)
- Media: The Guardian (1)
- Media: The Herald (6)
- Media: The Independent (2)
- Media: The Scotsman (4)
- Media: The Sun (1)
- Media: The Times (3)
- Medical Matron (1)
- Merchiston Alum: Irvine Laidlaw (entrepreneur and former Tory donor) (1)
- Merchiston Alum: John Jeffrey (Grand Slam winning rugby star) (1)
- Merchiston Alum: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Scotland rugby star) (1)
- Merchiston Alum: Sir Peter Burt (ex Bank of Scotland CEO) (1)
- Merchiston Attitudes: "Scotland's last all-boys school" (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Charles Abram (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Gareth Baird (5)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Malcolm Gourlay (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Neil O. Kilpatrick (2)
- Merchiston Board of Governors: Dr Judith McClure (head teacher of St George's School for Girls) (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors: Mike Ridley (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: Education & Pastoral (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: Finance (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: General Purposes (1)
- Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: Safeguarding and Child Protection (1)
- Merchiston Castle School Bird Club (1)
- Merchiston Castle School Board of Governors (2)
- Merchiston Castle School spokesperson (6)
- Merchiston Child Protection Coordinators: David Spawforth (1)
- Merchiston Child Protection Coordinators: Maria Victoria Prini-Garcia (2)
- Merchiston Child Protection Coordinators: Nigel Rickard (1)
- Merchiston Parents: "Catherine (FHS)" (1)
- Merchiston Parents: "Diane (KJV)" (1)
- Merchiston Parents: "Jenny (FWQ)" (1)
- Merchiston Policies' Booklet (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Child Protection (5)
- Merchiston Policies: Co-educational (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Complaints Procedure (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Disciplinary Process for Dealing with Complaints and Allegations against Staff (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Discipline and Punishment of Pupils (1)
- Merchiston Policies: English vs. Scottish Curriculum (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Record Keeping (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Recruitment of staff (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Requirement for Qualifications (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Social Media Use (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Staff Appraisal (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Staff Promotion (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Training (1)
- Merchiston Policies: Whistleblowing (1)
- Merchiston Procedures: "School Targets" (1)
- Merchiston Procedures: The Pupil Panel (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Craig (CCB)" (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Edward (CDS)" (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Gerald (BRG)" (2)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Graham (CCL)" (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Ian (FPU)" (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Jack (CCZ)" (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "James (BLQ)" (1)
- Merchiston Pupils: "James (CDR)" (3)
- Merchiston Pupils: James Rainy Brown (5)
- Merchiston Pupils: "John (CCG)" (2)
- Merchiston Pupils: "John Crawford (HYD)": (3)
- Merchiston Pupils: "Mark (CCY)" (4)
- Merchiston Pupils: "William (CBM)" (2)
- Merchiston Solicitors: Paul Reid KC (2)
- Merchiston Terminology: Female Housemasters (1)
- Morag Bruce (Police Scotland Detective Inspector) (2)
- Morrison's Academy (9)
- Morrison's Academy alum: Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting actor) (1)
- Mrs. Robinson (11)
N
- Number of Pupils (1)
O
P
- Parents having problems (1)
- Police Scotland (12)
- Police Scotland investigations (10)
- Police Scotland spokesperson (1)
- Politicians: John Swinney (2)
- Power Dynamics (1)
- Prefects (1)
- pre-O-Levels) (1)
- Prince Charles (member of the Royal Family) (2)
- Pringle House Matron (1)
- Pringle House (Shell Form, 1st year of school) (2)
- Pringle Meals (1)
- Problems after school: Alcohol (1)
- Problems after school: Scarred Forever (1)
- Problems after school: Temper (1)
- Procurator Fiscal (PF) (1)
- Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme (1)
- Punishment: Beating on Naked Bottom (1)
- Punishment: Beating with Slipper (1)
- Punishment: Beating with Tawse (1)
- Punishment: Being Gated (1)
- Punishment: Blue Papers (1)
- Punishment: Corporal Punishment (1)
- Punishment: Naked Ice Baths (3)
- Punishment: Uniforms (1)
R
- Rape Crisis Scotland (1)
- Registrar of Independent Schools (1)
- Reg Woodward (1)
- Reports (1)
- Resistance from Staff (1)
- Rev Malcolm Ramsay (Ian Balfour Paul's nephew-in-law) (2)
- Roddy Dunlop QC (SCAI solicitor) (2)
- Rogerson East boarding house (Upper V Form (1)
- Rogerson East boarding house (Upper V Form, 2nd year of O-Levels) (1)
- Rogerson West boarding house (Lower VI (1)
- RSPB conservation officer Mike Fraser ("former pupiil and close friend" of Ian Balfour Paul) (1)
- Ru'a Fiola (1)
- Ru'a Fiola Outdoor Pursuits Centre for Children (1)
- Rugby (1)
S
- SCAI: 2019 Employment Tribunal (4)
- SCAI: Accusations of Bias (1)
- SCAI: Cost of Inquiry (1)
- SCAI Hearings (14)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 217 (30 March 2021) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 262 (11 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 263 (12 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 264 (13 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 265 (18 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 266 (19 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 267 (20 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 268 (21 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 269 (25 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 270 (26 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 271 (27 January 2022) (1)
- SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 272 (4 February 2022) (1)
- SCAI: Media Ban (4)
- SCAI Panel Members: Glenn Houston (2)
- SCAI Panel Members: Professor Michael Lamb (1)
- SCAI Panel Members: Susan O'Brien QC (former chair) (1)
- SCAI resignations (1)
- SCAI spokesperson (2)
- School doesn't hold memorial for James Rainy Brown (1)
- School Fees (4)
- School Food (1)
- School Inspectors: Iain Lamb (Care Commission inspector) (2)
- School Inspectors: Marion Crawford (member of the Care Inspectorate) (3)
- School Leadership Team (1)
- School rejects James Rainy Brown bequest (1)
- School Uniforms (2)
- SCIS Courses (1)
- Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) (27)
- Scottish Council for Independent Schools (SCIS) (4)
- Scottish Government spokesperson (2)
- Scottish MSPs: Alex Johnstone (Conservative ) (1)
- Scottish MSPs: Alison Johnstone (Green: Lothians) (1)
- Scottish Parliament (1)
- Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association spokesperson (3)
- Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) (3)
- Section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005 (1)
- Sexual Abuse: Groping (3)
- Sexual Abuse: Indecent Exposure (4)
- Sexual Abuse: Lewd and Inappropriate Comments (2)
- Sexual Abuse: 'Lewd Practices' (3)
- Sexual Abuse: Naked Massage (2)
- Sexual Abuse: Sending Sexually-explicit Videos (3)
- Sexual Abuse: Sexual Assault (5)
- Sexual Abuse: Sexual Intercourse with Pupils (4)
- Sexual Abuse: Skinny Dipping (3)
- Sexual Abuse: Voyeurism (4)
- SHANARRI (1)
- Sharon Dow (Headmaster's Personal Assistant) (1)
- Sheriff Kevin Drummond (2)
- Sheriff Peter McCormack (1)
- Showering Facilities (1)
- Simon Collins (INCAS solicitor) (1)
- Sleeping with House Matron (1)
- SNP Government failures (1)
- Sports (2)
- Staff families living on school grounds (1)
- Survivors Trust spokesperson (3)
T
- Teacher Creepers (1)
- The 1st XV (2)
- The Keil School in Dumbarton (5)
- The Merchistonian Club Magazine (1)
- The Merchistonian Club (old boys network) (2)
- The Registrar for Independent Schools (1)
- The Right Hon Lord Colin Boyd of Duncansby (Scottish Supreme Courts judge) (3)
- The Rt. Hon Lord Carloway (Scottish Supreme Courts judge) (1)
- The "Second Man" (1)
- The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (1)
- The Survivors Trust (sexual abuse charity) (4)
- The Top Table (in the Dining Hall) (1)
- Tony Blair (former UK Prime Minister) (2)
- Torquil Johnson-Ferguson (1)
- Tuesday & Thursday afternoons off (1)
V
- Video (3)