Daniel Stewart's and Melville College, which is situated close to the centre of Edinburgh, has in the short period between the amalgamation of Stewart's and Melville in 1972 established a reputation for excellence in a wide range of activities. From academic work to artistic endeavour, from performance on the sports field to Charity work, Stewart's Melville has attracted national attention. The selection of twelve boys from the school to represent Great Britain in February 1994 at the European Youth Parliament in Berlin is a reflection both of the breadth of the overall curriculum of the school and of a particular prowess in debating and public speaking. The College prides itself on its facilities. The 1991 Technology Centre takes the school to the forefront of technological education and complements existing sophistication in such areas as the Sciences and Modern Languages. The emphasis is on participation and involvement: most boys become committed to activities which extend far beyond the normal curriculum. At all stages of each boy's development, he will receive the encouragement of highly trained and dedicated specialists. The School's focus on the individual boy is expressed through an unusually pronounced structure of guidance.
The school is 'twinned' with The Mary Erskine School, in a unique arrangement whereby two single-sex senior schools draw pupils from a co-educational Junior School and come together for shared activity in Choirs, Orchestra, Drama, the Combined Cadet Forces and Sixth Year Studies. The result is a school which feels that, amid the perennial debate about the virtues of single-sex and mixed education, it enjoys the best of both worlds.
