Lady Anne Smith (SCAI Chair)

Merchiston Castle School – SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 271 (27 January 2022)

Evidence was heard from Chair of the Board of Governors and former pupil Gareth Baird and former headmaster Jonathan Anderson.

School let teacher accused of abuse stay for 15 years

Darren McConachie, Scottish Daily Mail (26 January 2022)

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One of Scotland’s most prestigious boarding schools failed to discipline an abusive housemaster for 15 years, an inquiry heard yesterday. Andrew Hunter, who became head of Edinburgh’s Merchiston Castle School in 1998, admitted in email exchanges that he had become aware of James Rainy Brown’s actions that year.

Merchiston Castle School – SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 269 (25 January 2022)

Evidence was heard from school inspectors Marion Crawford and the read-in evidence of school inspector Iain Lamb.

Merchiston Castle School – SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 268 (21 January 2022)

Evidence was heard from Merchiston assistant masters “Glenn (QZA)” and “Jane (QTL)”, and the read-in evidence of Merchiston assistant masters Marion Muetzelfeldt and Peter Hall.

Merchiston Castle School – SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 267 (20 January 2022)

Evidence was heard from Merchiston assistant masters Maria Victoria Prini-Garcia and “Robert (QZL)”, and the read-in evidence of Merchiston assistant master “Nicola (DFX)”—AKA “Laura (RCQ)” in the SCAI’s final report—and headmaster David Spawforth.

Merchiston Castle School – SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 266 (19 January 2022)

Evidence was heard from former pupil “James (CDR)” and assistant master Gordon Cruden, and the read-in evidence of assistant masters Stephen Campbell and Nicholas Diver.

Merchiston Castle School – SCAI Hearing Transcript – Day 265 (18 January 2022)

Evidence was heard from witness (Ian) FPU, and the read-in evidence of former pupils “Craig (CCB)” and “Edward (CDS)”, and parents “Diane (KJV)”, “Jenny (FWQ)” and “Catherine (FHS)”.