Shortlisted for Independent Schools of the Year Award 2025

We’re delighted to share that Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools has been shortlisted in the 2025 Independent Schools of the Year Awards, in the new category for Regional School of the Year: North.

ISOTY 2025 best regional school shortlist

Date

11 Jul 2025

Category

Awards

School Area

Junior and Senior School

The ISOTY Regional category celebrates schools that make exceptional use of their location to shape and enhance the student experience. We’re proud to represent Edinburgh and the wider Scottish landscape in this new category. Our students benefit from an education deeply rooted in place, community, and opportunity, whether it’s walking the Royal Mile to study history, performing at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, or connecting with the great outdoors in the Scottish Highlands.

This shortlisting builds on our recent successes with the Independent Schools of the Year Awards, including being named the winner in the Performing Arts category in 2023, and celebrating our FP Lewis Swire’s Rising Star Award in 2024.

We’re honoured to be in the running once again, and eagerly await the finalist announcement in September.

Keep your fingers crossed!

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