Qualla: George Heriot's School https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:17 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/george-heriot-s-school-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: George Heriot's School https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school George Heriot's School: Introduction https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school/ Photo credit EugenStoica, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cromwell's cavalry stabled their horses in the chapel. That is one way to begin the story of George Heriot's School, because it is one of the first things that ever happened inside it. The building was finished just in time to be commandeered as a hospital and barracks during the Cromwellian invasion of Scotland, and the children it was designed to shelter had to wait until 1659 to move in. They were thirty sickly orphans. The architect's drawings had imagined something grander. The institution itself turned out grander still.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/george-heriot-s-school-wp/gcvw-george-heriots-school-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full George Heriot's School: The Goldsmith's Bequest https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school/ Photo credit Remi Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0. George Heriot was the royal goldsmith and personal banker to James VI of Scotland and I of England. When the king moved his court to London in 1603, Heriot moved with him, and made a great deal of money. When he died in 1624, he left his fortune to found a hospital - the seventee...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/george-heriot-s-school-wp/gcvw-george-heriots-school-the-goldsmiths-bequest.mp3 0:06 2 full George Heriot's School: Cromwell, Horses, Chapel https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school/ Photo credit Christian Bickel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de. The Hospital was nearly finished when Cromwell's troops occupied Edinburgh in 1650, and the building made too convenient a barracks for the English forces to ignore. The chapel became a stable. Repairs followed. The Hospital opened to its first thirty children in 1659. As the Tru...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/george-heriot-s-school-wp/gcvw-george-heriots-school-cromwell-horses-chapel.mp3 0:06 3 full George Heriot's School: The Outdoor Schools https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school/ Photo credit Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1846 fifty-two boys were dismissed for what the records call an insurrection - one of several disturbances of the 1840s that made critics question whether boarding orphans together was really good for them. Most of those boys turned out not to be true orphans but children whos...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/george-heriot-s-school-wp/gcvw-george-heriots-school-the-outdoor-schools.mp3 0:06 4 full George Heriot's School: Reform and Heriot-Watt https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school/ Photo credit Dave Morris from Oxford, England, CC BY 2.0. The 1885 Balfour Commission imposed a settlement on the Trust. The Hospital became a day school charging modest fees. Up to 120 foundationers - poor boys aged seven and up, with preferential admission - continued to attend free. Greek was no longer taught. The outdoor school netw...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/george-heriot-s-school-wp/gcvw-george-heriots-school-reform-and-heriot-watt.mp3 0:06 5 full George Heriot's School: Foundationers, Still https://qualla.com/george-heriot-s-school/ Photo credit Sourav Niyogi, (WT-en) P.K.Niyogi at English Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Heriot's became coeducational in 1979. The school now has about 1,600 pupils and ranks consistently as one of Scotland's top performers in Higher exams. The original 1628 building, refaced in Craigleith ashlar in 1833, still surrounds its quadrangle just south of Greyfriars Kirk,...

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