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![Immense support for Practice Oxbridge Interviews]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763136077/fettescom/int4ovnfgdbqq7ppxewd/Untitleddesign1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763136077/fettescom/int4ovnfgdbqq7ppxewd/Untitleddesign1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763136077/fettescom/int4ovnfgdbqq7ppxewd/Untitleddesign1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1763136077/fettescom/int4ovnfgdbqq7ppxewd/Untitleddesign1.jpg","width":1190}])
Members of staff, alumni, and parents of Fettes College have once again supported local applicants to Oxford and Cambridge.
![Remembrance 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762853823/fettescom/lkwk8v6pemqgavzsmujc/DNP_Fettes_RemembranceSunday_091125-253.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762853823/fettescom/lkwk8v6pemqgavzsmujc/DNP_Fettes_RemembranceSunday_091125-253.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762853823/fettescom/lkwk8v6pemqgavzsmujc/DNP_Fettes_RemembranceSunday_091125-253.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762853823/fettescom/lkwk8v6pemqgavzsmujc/DNP_Fettes_RemembranceSunday_091125-253.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762853823/fettescom/lkwk8v6pemqgavzsmujc/DNP_Fettes_RemembranceSunday_091125-253.jpg","width":1500}])
In the week before Remembrance Sunday, our chapels focused on the 80th anniversary of 1945 – the experiences of students at the school and Old Fettesians at the front, the last casualties of the Second World War, and reflections on the attempts to build a better world through the United Nations, which included an invitation to students to get involved with our Model UN.
![Upper Sixth student selected for Scotland squad in Hockey Junior World Cup 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762793306/fettescom/aejqshqk6ox5vsgykspv/MarianneMcL2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762793306/fettescom/aejqshqk6ox5vsgykspv/MarianneMcL2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762793306/fettescom/aejqshqk6ox5vsgykspv/MarianneMcL2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762793306/fettescom/aejqshqk6ox5vsgykspv/MarianneMcL2.jpg","width":1200}])
We are so proud of Upper Sixth student Marianna M who has been selected to play for Scotland in the U21 Women’s squad at the Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2025 in Santiago in December.
![Fettes to become a 10% School for Forces Families]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762428171/fettescom/u2dnotwyggzck8al3mhf/DNP_Fettes_CCFLeaversParade_180525-525.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762428171/fettescom/u2dnotwyggzck8al3mhf/DNP_Fettes_CCFLeaversParade_180525-525.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762428171/fettescom/u2dnotwyggzck8al3mhf/DNP_Fettes_CCFLeaversParade_180525-525.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762428171/fettescom/u2dnotwyggzck8al3mhf/DNP_Fettes_CCFLeaversParade_180525-525.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762428171/fettescom/u2dnotwyggzck8al3mhf/DNP_Fettes_CCFLeaversParade_180525-525.jpg","width":1500}])
We are delighted to announce that from September 2026 Fettes College will become a 10% School, making the fees for HM Forces families equal to the CEA allowance plus 10% of the total fees inclusive of VAT.
![Fettes Pipe Band Prepare for Scottish Schools Trio and Quartet Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762359872/fettescom/ohmnk8yuqhbajjmbllnz/PrueandMaillie2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762359872/fettescom/ohmnk8yuqhbajjmbllnz/PrueandMaillie2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762359872/fettescom/ohmnk8yuqhbajjmbllnz/PrueandMaillie2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762359872/fettescom/ohmnk8yuqhbajjmbllnz/PrueandMaillie2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762359872/fettescom/ohmnk8yuqhbajjmbllnz/PrueandMaillie2.jpg","width":1600}])
Some of our Pipe Band members have had a busy few days out and about…and taking the opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Scottish Schools Trio and Quartet Competition.
![Harvest Thanksgiving 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762190109/fettescom/gss6osv9fuikbsaakbdw/HarvestThanksgiving-4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762190109/fettescom/gss6osv9fuikbsaakbdw/HarvestThanksgiving-4.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762190109/fettescom/gss6osv9fuikbsaakbdw/HarvestThanksgiving-4.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762190109/fettescom/gss6osv9fuikbsaakbdw/HarvestThanksgiving-4.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762190109/fettescom/gss6osv9fuikbsaakbdw/HarvestThanksgiving-4.jpg","width":1500}])
We are deeply grateful for the wonderful response from our students to this year’s Harvest Festival appeal.
![Scottish Book Trust awards Fettes Silver Reading Accreditation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761834156/fettescom/uxowm6u0xqpoawmr6s7h/thumbnail_DNP_Fettes_LibraryReading_301025-209.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761834156/fettescom/uxowm6u0xqpoawmr6s7h/thumbnail_DNP_Fettes_LibraryReading_301025-209.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761834156/fettescom/uxowm6u0xqpoawmr6s7h/thumbnail_DNP_Fettes_LibraryReading_301025-209.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1761834156/fettescom/uxowm6u0xqpoawmr6s7h/thumbnail_DNP_Fettes_LibraryReading_301025-209.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761834156/fettescom/uxowm6u0xqpoawmr6s7h/thumbnail_DNP_Fettes_LibraryReading_301025-209.jpg","width":1500}])
We are delighted to have received Silver Reading School accreditation from Scottish Book Trust.
![“First Impressions and Future Horizons”]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761050730/fettescom/i3rftc8ysv2mtcrmkurk/DNP_Fettes_OpenDay_041025-1678.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761050730/fettescom/i3rftc8ysv2mtcrmkurk/DNP_Fettes_OpenDay_041025-1678.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761050730/fettescom/i3rftc8ysv2mtcrmkurk/DNP_Fettes_OpenDay_041025-1678.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761050730/fettescom/i3rftc8ysv2mtcrmkurk/DNP_Fettes_OpenDay_041025-1678.jpg","width":1177}])
Richard Girvan will become Head of Fettes College in September 2026. Discover his first impressions and future horizons as he reflects on his recent visit to Fettes, with his wife, Tessa, and three children.
![Fettes in Conversation with award winning composer and Old Fettesian, Lorne Balfe (JS, Gl 1987-1995)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760433090/fettescom/evcby2crthbsy351j8df/LorneBalfe-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760433090/fettescom/evcby2crthbsy351j8df/LorneBalfe-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760433090/fettescom/evcby2crthbsy351j8df/LorneBalfe-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760433090/fettescom/evcby2crthbsy351j8df/LorneBalfe-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760433090/fettescom/evcby2crthbsy351j8df/LorneBalfe-2.jpg","width":1500}])
Fettes in Conversation with award winning composer and Old Fettesian, Lorne Balfe (JS, Gl 1987-1995)
Director of Music, Angus Tully had the delight of hosting the exceptionally talented award winning composer and Old Fettesian, Lorne Balfe (JS, GL 1987-1995) in the Culachy Music School at Fettes.
![Fettes in Conversation with award winning author Alex Starritt (Mo 2001-2004)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760432399/fettescom/qog2f6jxz8qfl7bglwlk/Alexstarrit-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760432399/fettescom/qog2f6jxz8qfl7bglwlk/Alexstarrit-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760432399/fettescom/qog2f6jxz8qfl7bglwlk/Alexstarrit-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760432399/fettescom/qog2f6jxz8qfl7bglwlk/Alexstarrit-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760432399/fettescom/qog2f6jxz8qfl7bglwlk/Alexstarrit-1.jpg","width":1500}])
Parents and Old Fettesians had the opportunity to join our very own Rob Harrison in the Library for a fascinating ‘Fettes in Conversation’ event with OF, Author, Alex Starritt.
![Valuable face to face career insights from across the globe]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760430883/fettescom/mmu6olahwdg1vycaiteu/Careerinsights-6.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760430883/fettescom/mmu6olahwdg1vycaiteu/Careerinsights-6.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760430883/fettescom/mmu6olahwdg1vycaiteu/Careerinsights-6.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760430883/fettescom/mmu6olahwdg1vycaiteu/Careerinsights-6.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760430883/fettescom/mmu6olahwdg1vycaiteu/Careerinsights-6.jpg","width":1500}])
Our Lower Sixth Form students participated in a career networking lunch with Old Fettesians who were back at Fettes for Commemoration Weekend.
![Over 300 OFs returned to Fettes for ‘Commem’]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760429520/fettescom/dlno3t9wtgs0ju9ntcxd/Commem-11.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760429520/fettescom/dlno3t9wtgs0ju9ntcxd/Commem-11.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760429520/fettescom/dlno3t9wtgs0ju9ntcxd/Commem-11.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760429520/fettescom/dlno3t9wtgs0ju9ntcxd/Commem-11.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760429520/fettescom/dlno3t9wtgs0ju9ntcxd/Commem-11.jpg","width":1500}])
Over 300 Old Fettesians came back to Fettes for Commemoration Weekend.
![Fettes College Guangzhou Exchange]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760103221/fettescom/pcsitqeweyaojwchlyki/Exchange-6.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760103221/fettescom/pcsitqeweyaojwchlyki/Exchange-6.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760103221/fettescom/pcsitqeweyaojwchlyki/Exchange-6.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760103221/fettescom/pcsitqeweyaojwchlyki/Exchange-6.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1760103221/fettescom/pcsitqeweyaojwchlyki/Exchange-6.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1760103221/fettescom/pcsitqeweyaojwchlyki/Exchange-6.jpg","width":2200}])
Over the last week we have enjoyed hosting students from Fettes College Guangzhou for their annual exchange.
![Second Coffee Concert of Autumn Term]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760021337/fettescom/g9wtfthtaznq2xvakiao/coffeconvert2-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760021337/fettescom/g9wtfthtaznq2xvakiao/coffeconvert2-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760021337/fettescom/g9wtfthtaznq2xvakiao/coffeconvert2-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760021337/fettescom/g9wtfthtaznq2xvakiao/coffeconvert2-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760021337/fettescom/g9wtfthtaznq2xvakiao/coffeconvert2-1.jpg","width":1500}])
Our second Coffee Concert of the term was most ably started by a Piping Trio, led by Harry St C
![Third Form Ancient Olympics]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759843113/fettescom/wgciui0kiot3efrusi8l/thirdFormolympics-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759843113/fettescom/wgciui0kiot3efrusi8l/thirdFormolympics-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759843113/fettescom/wgciui0kiot3efrusi8l/thirdFormolympics-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1759843113/fettescom/wgciui0kiot3efrusi8l/thirdFormolympics-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759843113/fettescom/wgciui0kiot3efrusi8l/thirdFormolympics-1.jpg","width":1500}])
On Friday, 3rd October, the Classics Department brought the spirit of the Ancient Games to life by hosting an Ancient Olympics Day for all Third Form students.
![Students compete in Regional Enterprising Maths Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759420788/fettescom/iyr5t3shiisrr4lptoud/004679D3-D3B0-4B17-A263-61A5D7C25519.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759420788/fettescom/iyr5t3shiisrr4lptoud/004679D3-D3B0-4B17-A263-61A5D7C25519.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759420788/fettescom/iyr5t3shiisrr4lptoud/004679D3-D3B0-4B17-A263-61A5D7C25519.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1759420788/fettescom/iyr5t3shiisrr4lptoud/004679D3-D3B0-4B17-A263-61A5D7C25519.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1759420788/fettescom/iyr5t3shiisrr4lptoud/004679D3-D3B0-4B17-A263-61A5D7C25519.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759420788/fettescom/iyr5t3shiisrr4lptoud/004679D3-D3B0-4B17-A263-61A5D7C25519.jpg","width":2048}])
Four of our students took part in this week's Regional Enterprising Maths Competition hosted by Glasgow Academy.
![Fettes Student organises community teen ‘Hackathon’]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759415295/fettescom/jluokl8jl70rgq1h38z2/IMG_0284.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759415295/fettescom/jluokl8jl70rgq1h38z2/IMG_0284.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759415295/fettescom/jluokl8jl70rgq1h38z2/IMG_0284.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1759415295/fettescom/jluokl8jl70rgq1h38z2/IMG_0284.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1759415295/fettescom/jluokl8jl70rgq1h38z2/IMG_0284.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1759415295/fettescom/jluokl8jl70rgq1h38z2/IMG_0284.jpg","width":2200}])
On Saturday 27th September, Fettes College student Chloe C organised and ran a highly successful community teen ‘Hackathon’ for young coders from Edinburgh and beyond at the CodeBase offices in Edinburgh.
![Tatler Twins]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758879084/fettescom/xfrg6ic2gwhvjvvub85b/Tatler-3.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758879084/fettescom/xfrg6ic2gwhvjvvub85b/Tatler-3.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758879084/fettescom/xfrg6ic2gwhvjvvub85b/Tatler-3.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758879084/fettescom/xfrg6ic2gwhvjvvub85b/Tatler-3.png","width":1080}])
Congratulations to Fettes groundsmen George and Kevin McNab who have been shortlisted for Unsung Hero Award in the prestigious Tatler Schools Award 2026. The twin brothers joined Fettes on the same day over 40 years ago, in January 1985, when they were only 16.
![First Coffee Concert]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758804715/fettescom/q68eknf7sbbgoy3c7cgq/coffeeconcertsep2025-1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758804715/fettescom/q68eknf7sbbgoy3c7cgq/coffeeconcertsep2025-1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758804715/fettescom/q68eknf7sbbgoy3c7cgq/coffeeconcertsep2025-1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758804715/fettescom/q68eknf7sbbgoy3c7cgq/coffeeconcertsep2025-1.png","width":1080}])
Yesterday saw the first Coffee Concert of the year.
![Steeplechase 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758637950/fettescom/qx7fhfkn2ry1yvqe6di4/Steeplechase2025-5.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758637950/fettescom/qx7fhfkn2ry1yvqe6di4/Steeplechase2025-5.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758637950/fettescom/qx7fhfkn2ry1yvqe6di4/Steeplechase2025-5.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1758637950/fettescom/qx7fhfkn2ry1yvqe6di4/Steeplechase2025-5.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758637950/fettescom/qx7fhfkn2ry1yvqe6di4/Steeplechase2025-5.jpg","width":1500}])
The House Competition kicked off on Thursday with the Steeplechase. This year’s event saw 321 students challenge themselves to complete the course, which spans the entire campus grounds.
