Gordonstoun Elgin, Moray Visit
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Gordonstoun
Elgin

542 pupils, ages 13-18

Mixed

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Gordonstoun

Hearty outdoor activities and soul-stiffening adventure are still very much the order of the day at Gordonstoun – once notorious for being the school where spoiled children were sent to be toughened up – but cold showers, freezing morning runs and physical punishment are long gone. Forget ‘Colditz in kilts’: pupils learn through challenge and collaboration here. They embrace service and internationalism and throw themselves into a fully holistic, all-round education, equipped with an extraordinary enthusiasm you’d be hard pushed to find elsewhere. The school mot...

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Pupils in yellow oilskins sailing with the sun setting

Group of boys walking up a hill with the sea in the background

Students standing on rocks with sandy beach and sea in the distance

Students on the water in yellow oilskins

Firefighters outside in yellow helmets by hedge

Boys walking in the hills with view of river in the distance

Two girls in uniform walking on paths with leaves

Academic results

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Subjects offered

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Fees and bursaries

Day fees per term

Year 7	-
Year 8	-
Year 9	£10,850
Year 10	£10,850
Year 11	£10,850
Year 12	£10,850
Year 13	£10,850

Boarding fees per term

Year 7	-
Year 8	-
Year 9	£15,300
Year 10	£15,300
Year 11	£15,300
Year 12	£15,300
Year 13	£15,300

Bursaries
Gordonstoun offers means-tested bursarial support as an augmentation of its scholarship programme, which gives awards in a variety of disciplines to students in the junior school, Year 9 and Year 12. These are offered through its designated bursary fund, The Prince Philip Gordonstoun Foundation, which supports around 30 per cent of current pupils with financial assistance. A variety of scholarships and awards is offered by the school, ranging from academic and sports awards to specific awards for pupils from certain areas of the UK (particularly parts of Scotland) and the children of serving armed forces personnel.

Bursary contact:
Finance director Pamela Muir
muir@gordonstoun.org

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School Updates

King crowns his old school champions as he reigns over his first Braemar Gathering
King Charles yesterday awarded the Championship Shield for the best pipe band to students from Gordonstoun School Pipe Band during the annual Braemar Gathering.

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Pupils from Gordonstoun pipe for the King at historic event
Three pipers and a pipe major from King Charles’ former school took on a prominent role at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Wednesday 5 July when the Scottish Crown Jewels were presented to the King.

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King's old school reinterprets Macbeth sixty years after his Majesty's leading role
Pupils from King Charles’ former school will stage an innovative performance of Macbeth at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival, 61 years after its most famous pupil joined the school and went on to play the lead role.

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Coronation Celebrations at King Charles' former school
This weekend at King Charles’ former school, Gordonstoun, students took part in a host of activities to mark the coronation.

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King's former school starts Coronation Day with morning run and open water swim
105 students from Gordonstoun, volunteered to start Coronation day with a morning run and open water swim. The activity by the King’s former school was inspired by a daily timetable from the 1960s, which was recently discovered in the school archive.

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Gordonstoun announces new head
Gordonstoun is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Head of Senior School.

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WATCH: The Voyage - Gordonstoun's new sailing film

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See Gordonstoun School in our All-through Schools Guide.

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See Gordonstoun School in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide.

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The Earl and Countess of Wessex and Forfar present awards to Moray pupils at Gordonstoun

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Moray student wins national photography competition

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Gordonstoun's Fire Service receives Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
The highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.

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Gordonstoun supports call for outdoor education in all schools

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Low-carbon classrooms constructed at Gordonstoun

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Gordonstoun students taste refugee life to raise money for Ukraine
They were told they had just two minutes to pack a small bag for a long journey before setting out on a sponsored walk.

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100 year old newspaper discovered at Gordonstoun
A newspaper dating from 12 January 1922 has been found at Gordonstoun, the school which educated three generations of the Royal Family.

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WATCH: Senior Campus Tour

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WATCH: Gordonstoun - Our Home

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WATCH: This is Gordonstoun

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Gordonstoun is
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Gordonstoun Junior School Elgin

Essentials

Address
Elgin, Moray IV30 5RF

Contact
admissions@gordonstoun.org.uk
01343 837829

Website
gordonstoun.org.uk

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