“We tried to change the school and move it away from thinking that sporting achievement was the only relevant achievement. This was my idea alongside other co-leaders. We were doing extremely well academically but sporting achievement was recognised more. I wished to achieve sense of balance. Whilst sport and leisure were compulsory, not every child liked sport. “—Andrew Hunter, SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020)
Abuse at a boarding school for boys in Edinburgh was “normalised for generations”, the chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has said. Lady Smith published her findings on Wednesday relating to the provision of residential care for children at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh.
