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Headmasters: Andrew Hunter – SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020)
BY TOPIC: Academic Leadership Team (ALT) • Anderson Strathern (law firm) • Andrew Rait (Merchiston headhunter) • Anne Rickard (wife of housemaster Nigel Rickard) • Assistant Housemasters/Residential Tutors • Assistant Masters: James Rainy Brown • Assistant Masters: Kenneth Houston • Assistant Masters: Maria Victoria Prini-Garcia (1986-2016) • Assistant Masters: Nigel Rickard • Attitudes: "I think that the boarding schools in England were more advanced than most boarding schools in Scotland" • Attitudes: "Sporting achievement was the only relevant achievement" • Attitudes: "We improved all our policies" • Barbara Hunter (wife of headmaster Andrew Hunter) • Boarding House Locks • Boarding House Tutors • Burser • Care Inspectorate • Castle Gates (the headmaster's house) • Directors of Studies: John Begg • Disclosure Scotland (Scottish government agency) • Edinburgh Local Education Authority (LEA) • General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) • Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) • GTCS Registrars: Ken Muir • Headmaster's Forum • Headmasters: Andrew Hunter – SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020) • Headmasters: Andrew Hunter (1998-2018) • Headmasters: David Spawforth (1981-1998) • Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) • Her/His Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland (HMIE) • HMC Courses • Housemothers • How Good is Our School (HGIOS) • Hugh Monro (HMC Head) • Insane Levels Of: Obsessively discussing developing school policies during a period in which documented abuse was rife • Insane Levels Of: School and Inspectorate back-scratching • Inspection Reports • Inspections • James Rainy Brown suicide (29 April 2013) • John Edward (Director of SCIS) • Judith Sischy (Director of SCIS) • Laidlaw House • Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Charles Abram • Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Gareth Baird • Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Malcolm Gourlay • Merchiston Board of Governors Chairs: Neil O. Kilpatrick • Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: Education & Pastoral • Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: Finance • Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: General Purposes • Merchiston Board of Governors Subcommittees: Safeguarding and Child Protection • Merchiston Board of Governors: Dr Judith McClure (head teacher of St George's School for Girls) • Merchiston Board of Governors: Mike Ridley • Merchiston Castle School Board of Governors • Merchiston Child Protection Coordinators: David Spawforth • Merchiston Child Protection Coordinators: Maria Victoria Prini-Garcia • Merchiston Child Protection Coordinators: Nigel Rickard • Merchiston Policies: Child Protection • Merchiston Policies: Co-educational • Merchiston Policies: Complaints Procedure • Merchiston Policies: Disciplinary Process for Dealing with Complaints and Allegations against Staff • Merchiston Policies: Discipline and Punishment of Pupils • Merchiston Policies: English vs. Scottish Curriculum • Merchiston Policies: Record Keeping • Merchiston Policies: Recruitment of staff • Merchiston Policies: Requirement for Qualifications • Merchiston Policies: Staff Appraisal • Merchiston Policies: Staff Promotion • Merchiston Policies: Training • Merchiston Policies: Whistleblowing • Merchiston Policies' Booklet • Merchiston Procedures: "School Targets" • Merchiston Procedures: The Pupil Panel • Merchiston Terminology: Female Housemasters • Number of Pupils • Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme • Punishment: Corporal Punishment • Resistance from Staff • School Leadership Team • School Uniforms • SCIS Courses • Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) • Scottish Council for Independent Schools (SCIS) • SHANARRI • Sharon Dow (Headmaster's Personal Assistant) • Showering Facilities • Sports • Staff families living on school grounds • The Registrar for Independent Schools • Yvonne Spawforth (wife of headmaster David Spawforth)




