Fettes College

Fettes College
Coat of arms of Fettes College
Address
Carrington Road Edinburgh , EH4 1QX Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′49″N 03°13′34″W / 55.96361°N 3.22611°W / 55.96361; -3.22611
Information
Type	Public school Private day and boarding school
Motto	Industria
Established	1870; 154 years ago (1870)
Founder	Sir William Fettes
Local authority	City of Edinburgh
Headmistress	Helen Harrison
Gender	Mixed
Age	7 to 18
Houses	Carrington Glencorse Kimmerghame Moredun Arniston College East College West Dalmeny Craigleith
Colour(s)	Chocolate and magenta
Mascot	Bee
Publication	The Fettesian The Hive The Gargolye
Alumni	Old Fettesians (OFs)
Website	www.fettes.com

Fettes College (/ˈfɛtɪs/) is a co-educational private boarding and day school in Craigleith, Edinburgh, Scotland, with over two-thirds of its pupils in residence on campus. The school was originally a boarding school for boys only and became co-ed in 1983. In 1978 the College had a nine-hole golf course,^[1] an ice-skating rink used in winter for ice hockey and in summer as an outdoor swimming pool, a cross-country running track and a rifle shooting range within the forested 300-acre grounds.^[2] Fettes is sometimes referred to as a public school, although that term was traditionally used in Scotland for state schools. The school was founded with a bequest of Sir William Fettes in 1870 and started admitting girls in 1970. It follows the English rather than the Scottish education system and has nine houses. The main building, called the Bryce Building, was designed by David Bryce.

The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among top 30 senior schools in the UK.^[3]