For the past 80 years, Gordonstoun School has served as a world leader in character education. …

Many people who are familiar with Gordonstoun, the leading co-educational school in Elgin, Scotland, have heard of the school’s founder Dr Kurt Hahn. Dr Hahn is best known as the inspiration for — and the driving force behind — the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, which he developed at Gordonstoun…

Viewers around the world have tuned in to watch Netflix’s immensely popular drama ‘The Crown’, each keen to see how the royal family operates and what Prince Philip’s school days were like. However, contrary to common misconception, the drama isn’t a documentary, and it’s easy to mistake fiction for fact…

Gordonstoun School is celebrating the success of four students who have bagged Young Enterprise Scotland’s Company of the Year Award. Leo Schrader, Lukas Ehrlich, Claus van Oranje, and Tobia Ceccato entered the competition as the Stoun Socks team. Their business, which involves designing, producing, and selling a range of eco-friendly…

In our metric-driven world, schools tend to find themselves in competition over whose students achieve the highest exam grades. After all, a first-rate academic education is key to top qualifications and highly sought-after university places. …

This year, Scottish boarding schools have seen an influx of admissions from prospective students throughout the UK. But this surge hasn’t come as a surprise to educational bodies; numerous candidates live in busy English cities and, as we recover from the pandemic, hope to attend school in Scotland’s peaceful pastures…

Renowned as HRH Prince Philip’s alma mater and the inspiration behind his Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Gordonstoun’s ethos of nurturing adventurous spirits remains strong, writes Katie Hughes. As soon as news broke of HRH Prince Philip’s death in April, Gordonstoun School became a magnet for the media. “The phone began to ring and my email alerts began to ping,” says the school’s head of PR and marketing Eleanor Bradford, “and they didn’t stop ringing and pinging for…

BUDDING young businesspeople from Gordonstoun School have been crowned Scotland’s top young entrepreneurs. The “Stoun Socks” team won the Company of the Year award at Young Enterprise Scotland’s Festival of Youth Enterprise 2021, for their expertise in designing, producing and selling their range of eco-friendly cotton socks. In the Team…

Since Prince Philip passed away on April 9, 2021, staff and students at the duke’s former school, Gordonstoun, Moray, have made tributes to celebrate his life-long commitment to the school. Not only was Prince Philip the school’s tenth student, joining Gordonstoun when it first opened in 1934, but he also…