Belhaven Hill School

Belhaven Hill is a leading boarding & day prep school in Scotland, offering children aged 5-13 the very best start in life.

Founded in 1923, Belhaven Hill has a long and proud history, growing from its humble beginnings with a handful of pupils and two staff in an old private house on Belhaven Hill. Set in 20 acres of beautiful grounds, Belhaven has an idyllic, coastal setting which both children and staff treat as their playground and home. Every child enjoys regular Outdoor Education lessons and there is an encouragement to all staff to use the grounds creatively in their teaching. The beautiful expanse of Belhaven Bay extends
the possibilities for our children to explore.

The core values of the school are Courtesy, Courage and Creativity and these are embedded in everything that we do. Children are encouraged to be brave and give everything a go, thinking of others all the time. Belhaven has a long-standing reputation for nurturing academic excellence. Many of our boys and girls win scholarships to the top senior schools in Scotland and England, in fields as diverse
as Academia, Music, Art, Sport and as All Rounders. We are immensely proud of our finest ambassadors - our children - who are happy, well-mannered and confident.

We mean that, as our children cross the bridge into senior school, they do not find themselves in a foreign land, or on a different planet.

For sure, major senior schools north and south of the border are very different in terms of size. The 6th formers always look like giants when you’re thirteen. But there will be an inner strength in our children that helps them explore their new world with a sense of self, a sense of purpose and a sense of right and wrong.

Then, and only then, do we feel we have done our job.

Here are some of the specific reasons given by our parents for choosing Belhaven.

• An exceptional, all-round education.
• All-embracing education with lots of sport and a broad extra-curricular programme.
• Focus on the individual with small class sizes providing lots of opportunities to excel.
• Excellent Support for Learning and the ability to bring out the best in every pupil.
• Children do well in Common Entrance exams and are consistently strong academically.

Send many children to the best senior schools

• Strong academic results with many children choosing to go on to the UK’s best senior schools.
• Benefit from the Headmaster’s good relationships with the Heads of the leading English and Scottish public schools.
• Family-focused, young and energetic Headmaster and wife with extensive experience in both prep and senior schools.