Laidlaw House (Lower/Upper VI Form - A-Level years)
“Laidlaw House was a new boarding house for Lower VI/S5 and Upper VI/S6 which had 120 en-suite single bedrooms and 6 staff residences to ensure that we were providing the right quality of living accommodation and supervision for the students. Enhancing the accommodation for the Lower VI/S5 and Upper VI/S6 pupils also meant that we could enhance the accommodation for the Rogerson, Fifth Form/S4 pupils as their house became a predominantly single bedroom house. Improving the student accommodation was a recommendation by regulators; HMIE/Education Scotland and the Care Inspectorate.”—Andrew Hunter, SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020)
Care Commission – Merchiston External Inspection Report (13 March 2007)
The school had recently reviewed their child protection policies and procedures. A governor will be nominated as the Child Protection Representative on the governing board in the near future.



