Main account for Fettes College & Fettes Prep, one of the UK's leading Independent schools for boys and girls aged 7-18, situated in the heart of Edinburgh.
Fettes College is delighted to announce that Helen Harrison has been officially confirmed as Head of Fettes College making her the 11th Head in the College’s 150 year history.
Read the full news article here:
#FettesCollege
Over 100 bags and boxes of food, clothing, bedding, emergency medicines and toiletries, donated by the Fettes community in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, are heading today to Lviv and then to Kharkiv. Thank you to everyone who gave generously in donations and time.
Fettes College has been named Independent School of the Year in the ‘Healthy Eating’ and ‘Student Wellbeing’ categories!
We are absolutely delighted 🤩 Read all about it:
#FettesCollege
#FettesLife
#ISOTY19
A big heartfelt THANK YOU to the
@NHSuk
from all of us at Fettes!
Every week the resident families at Fettes have been showing their appreciation for the NHS.
So we brought them together in family groups (observing social distancing) to collectively show how grateful we are!
We are delighted to announce that from 21st April, Fettes has committed to creating freshly prepared meals for
@ScranAcademy
to distribute to the most vulnerable in Edinburgh during the COVID-19 lockdown.
➡️
@JohnLoughton
@SCISschools
@schoolstogether
It is with deep sadness that we mourn the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Condolences will be sent to the Royal Family on behalf of the school. Her Majesty was a steadfast and selfless role model throughout her reign, always showing dignity, strength of character and goodwill.
We are delighted that our brilliant Chef, Ally MacDonald, was last night named School Chef of the Year in the Scottish School Food Awards. Congratulations Ally! 👏🎉
@Schoolfoodaward
#SchoolFoodAwards
Read more here 👉
Congratulations to Hugh H & Alex N selected as the new Heads of the School!
A story of questionable authenticity states that they can now graze goats on the Queen’s Lawn, get married (not necessarily to each other) & stay in the East Lodge (not sure what the Head would say 😅)...
We are absolutely thrilled that our Head, Mrs Harrison, has been nominated for ‘Best Head of a Public School' (who goes above and beyond) in the Tatler Schools Awards 2024, which showcase the finest prep and public schools in the country.
@SchoolsTatler
#Ourpeople
Read Magnus Linklater’s interview with our Head, Helen Harrison in
@thetimesscot
@thetimes
today 📚
“I’m very proud to be the first woman head of Fettes, but what I really want to be remembered for is being the eleventh head.”
We are so proud of OF Harry Paterson who will make his international rugby debut this afternoon for Scotland at full-back. 🏴🏉
Congratulations Harry!👏
#APlaceToGrow
Congratulations to our 2020 Leavers for your hard work, good humour & wealth of talents. Even though you are leaving Fettes, you are forever in our hearts ❤
Founder’s Day is a little different this year but whatever way you are celebrating, use
#Fettes2020
to share the moment!
As part of our 150th celebrations, some of our 3rd Form and senior staff re-enacted the first photo ever taken of Fettes College pupils and staff 150 years ago.
Mrs Mill, you’re an inspiration to our Fettesians and we’re proud to call you part of the Fettes family!
We wish you a wonderful retirement from international hockey (but look forward to keeping you here!) 👏
#FettesSport
#FettesCollege
@Fettes_Sport
After 139 caps 🧢 and 12 years playing for Scotland 🏴Becky Mill retires from international hockey. 👏👏
Congratulations
@beckymerchant
on a fantastic Scotland career. 🙌
Read more here 👇
Having celebrated a wonderful end of term, we now look forward to the Autumn term and are delighted to introduce our Prefects and Heads of School for 2022/23.
Read more here 👉
Huge congratulations to OF Jake Wightman who became the first British male to win the 1500m at the
@WorldAthletics
championships since
@jarrowarrow
last night. We are all so proud of you 🙌🏻🥇🇬🇧
We are delighted to be able to support the Western General Hospital over the next few weeks, it’s a small gesture to show our immense gratitude to all those in the NHS at this difficult time.
Thank you
@NHS_Lothian
⭐
Warmest congratulations to every Fettesian on their 2020 examination results. Your hard work, dedication & resilience in this most unusual of years, has been highly impressive. We are so very proud of you and all you have achieved.
#FloreasFettesia
It is the end of our Fit in February competition against
@StrathallanSchl
. Both schools did an amazing job, running or walking their way to a combined total of 55.378km. Thank you to all those who contributed and thank you to
@StrathallanSchl
for being such wonderful competitors.
Huge congratulations to U6th student Marissa M, who has been awarded a major sports scholarship as a recruited student athlete by The College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
@AspireUSA1
@GoHolyCross
👏👏👏
🌟WE ARE BACK! 🌟
We are filled with joy to have the students back on campus today for the first day of the Summer Term. It has felt like a long time since the corridors were filled with laughter but the buzz around campus is back and we are so delighted!
We haven't had as many opportunities for snowy campus shots in years! ☃️🌨️
We hope that if you are in Edinburgh you are making the most of the snow and dramatic skies. ❄️
Thank you to Mrs Scott, Iona Housemistress, for these fantastic photos from her daily walk. 👏
🤩Meet our Prefects🎉
Introducing our wonderful 2021 prefects. We are so delighted to have such a caring, charismatic and driven group of individuals making up our prefect team. We can’t wait to see what the year will bring under their leadership.
We wish them the best of luck!
Happy Birthday Mr Collister 🎂
Mr C is our Hospitality Operations Manager (the man behind the magic) and has been with Fettes since 2001!
Thank you for everything that you do here at Fettes, we hope you have a wonderful birthday 🎉
#FettesCollege
1 sleep until Christmas
🤩
We have reached the end of our Christmas countdown. Thank you for following us on our festive journey. We would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and to finish off this strange but wonderful year a short message from our Head, Mrs Harrison.
We are extremely proud that Fettes’ Head of Computer Science Mr Pitt has been nominated for the
@adascot
Inspiring Teacher Prize.
To find out his tips for top tips for anyone interested in Computer Science visit:
Each year, our 8 boarding houses choose a Head of House, the student who best embodies house pride and will lead their housemates throughout the year. We wish the new Heads of House the best of luck and cannot wait to see them excel in their new roles. 🤩
🎥 WATCH OUR MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING TRAILER 🎞
Our students, staff and collaborators Daysix have worked tirelessly to create Fettes’ own film of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.🌟Email news
@fettes
.com if you would be interested in details of how to watch the full film.🌟
Congratulations to Head of
@FettesClassics
, Ms McDonnell who took part in the London Marathon yesterday, finishing the race in 3hours and 47 minutes. Ms McDonnell is already back on campus, ready for a day of teaching so if you see her be sure to congratulate her.👏🤩
The start of Spring Term 2021 may be a little different to what we planned but nonetheless, we look ahead to learning, laughing and living together virtually until we will be face-to-face once more.
Haste ye back.
Last night our U6th Form students swapped uniform for evening wear as they gathered with families on the Head’s Lawn to enjoy a reception before heading to The George Hotel, where they danced the night away at their Leavers’ Ball
The Fettes College rugby players join our Head in celebrating the start of the
@inspiresport
@scottishrugby
National Conference, coinciding with the start of the Rugby World Cup 2023 🏉
#Ourpeople
Over the weekend, almost 500 Fettesians took part in an incredible 24 hour log carrying challenge to raise funds for
@SuperTroopEdin
💪
Read more here 👉
To all our 2021 Leavers, we wish you the best of luck as you leave Fettes and start your next adventure. You will always be in our hearts and part of the Fettes family so stay in touch!
#FloreasFettesia
Fettes is delighted to be one of the chosen schools to receive cherry trees as part of the Sakura Cherry Tree project that sees 6,500 Japanese cherry trees given to the UK by Japan to celebrate their relationship between the two nations.
More details:
Mrs Harrison, Head of Fettes College wanted to share a short message to the Fettes community to congratulate everyone on a great term and share a little Christmas cheer.🤩 🎄
We hope our students and staff have a wonderful Half Term break and we look forward to welcoming them back in two weeks’ time for the rest of the Autumn Term. 🍂
Enjoy yourselves, you all deserve it! 🤩
Our wonderful Pipe Band Beating Retreat on the Head’s Lawn marks the end of today’s proceedings – what a fantastic Founder’s Day 2024! Official photographs will be shared on Monday.
#OurCommunity
We’re delighted to be named
@thesundaytimes
Top Independent School in Scotland for A-Level, IB and GCSE.
“Once again, the only school to see more than 80% of grades at A*, A or B at A-level or IB equivalent.”
Discover Academics at Fettes:
#FettesCollege
Harry P (1st XV Captain) and Mr Harrison were invited to the Scotland Captains Run this afternoon in preparation for the
@SixNationsRugby
match against Ireland at Murrayfield.
Thanks for the tour
@Scotlandteam
- good luck tomorrow! 🙌
#FettesCollege
@Fettes_Sport
On Saturday we celebrated the National Bard with an early Burns Supper celebration and our first formal 6th form event for two years – since the last Burns Supper, in fact. As always, staff and student performers played a major role. 🏴
For more details:
We are all looking forward to Founder’s Day today, this is a very special day in the Fettes calendar and marks the end of the school year as well as being an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our students.
A momentous virtual term deserves a momentous celebration at the end of it:
Congratulations to all our students & staff for your hard work, dedication & tremendous sense of community over the Summer Term!
Have a fantastic summer everyone 👏☀️
Here is Mrs Harrison, Head of Fettes, with a few words of encouragement as we return to campus for the Summer Term. The Fettes staff are extremely excited to welcome the students back for the start of the Summer Term. 🌟
Congratulations Jake!
OF
@JakeSWightman
finished 5th in the men’s 1500m
@iaaforg
World Championships Final on Sunday, setting a new Scottish record and beating his personal best!
We’re so proud of you Jake 🤩
5th in the World and a Scottish record 😱 Couldn’t have given it anymore tonight, but to be within touching distance has already got me excited for next year. Highlight of it all was being alongside these lads through it all, and I hope we’ve done everyone proud.
As the end of term draws near, our Upper Sixth students joined together for a festive Ceilidh. The smiles, shrieks of laughter and enthusiastic dancing was wonderful to see. 🏴🎶
On the back of their gold medals at the Scottish Schools Athletics Championship, both Clemmie P (javelin) and Rory B (100m, 200m and 4x100m) have been selected to represent Scotland at the Scottish Internal Athletics Board event in July at Grangemouth Stadium. Well done! 👏🤩
Well done to our incredible volunteers who have now prepared 20,000 meals for Scran Academy 👏 Congratulations everyone!!
Find out more
@ScranAcademy
or read all about it on our news page:
We’re back!
As our boarders return today for the Autumn Term we’d like to send a very warm welcome to our new Kimmerghame Housemaster Mr Boulter-Comer and Glencorse Housemaster Mr Pillinger and their families! 🙌
Read more on our website:
#FettesCollege
On Wednesday evening, family and friends gathered in glorious weather for the Upper Sixth Form Leavers’ Ball pre-reception on the Head’s Lawn, before heading to Dynamic Earth where they enjoyed a wonderful meal under the spinning globe and an excellent evening of dancing.
During 5th Form Connie G took a photo from the same spot every morning at 7am on her way to breakfast from Dalmeny House.
Now in Upper 6th, Connie has very kindly shared the photos with us and made this really lovely video! We love it, thank you Connie 🤩
#FettesCollege
It’s Transition Day at Fettes College and we’d like to send a HUGE welcome to all those who are joining the Fettes family today!
We might be welcoming you virtually, but we’re so excited to see you all and can’t wait for September!
Welcome to Fettes everyone 🤩
#FettesCollege
We are delighted to announce that U6th student and Music Scholar Delilah has been offered a place as an undergraduate at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Read more here:
As we reach the end of another busy term, we take a moment to reflect on all our wonderful successes that we have achieved this term. We thank everyone for their continued hard work and dedication to our wonderful school. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!