Erskine Stewart Melville

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Erskine Stewart Melville (ESM) is an independent day school located in Edinburgh, Scotland managed by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. The coeducational school was formed through the merger of all-girls' Mary Erskine School and the all-boys' Stewart's Melville College in 2026. The Mary Erskine School was founded in 1694 as the Merchant Maiden Hospital, whilst Stewart's Meville College was founded in 1972 following the merger of Daniel's Stewart's College and Melville College. Daniel Stewart's College opened as Daniel Stewart's Hospital in 1848, being renamed to Daniel Stewart's College in 1870. Melville College opened as the Edinburgh Institution for Languages and Mathematics in 1832, and acquired its final name in 1936. Prior to the 2026 merger, the schools shared a coeducational Junior School, Sixth Form, and extra-curricular program. The school is spread across three campuses, with the Senior School located within David Rhind's 1855 Scots Baronial Old College at Comely Bank, the...

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