| Cademuir International School | |
| Established: | 1990 |
| Type: | Boarding school |
| Locale: | English; international student |
| Grades: | P7-S6 |
| Head Name: | Head master |
| Head: | Robert Mulvey |
| City: | Thornhill |
| State: | Dumfriesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.195°N -3.892°W |
| Free Label: | Annual fees |
| Free: | £23,400[1] --> |
| Website: | Web site: Archived website . web.archive.org . 30 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080120213627/http://www.cademuirinternationalschool.org.uk/ . 20 January 2008. |
Cademuir International School was a specialist school at Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The school, founded by Robert Mulvey in 1990, was created to serve high ability learners and underachievers with high potential.[2]
Latterly based at Crawfordton House, Moniaive, a listed building, it previously operated from near Peebles.
In 2002, the school was ranked second of 418 schools in Scotland for Higher Grade results.[3]
Following controversial stories in the tabloid press, in 2004, an HMI report criticised the school, "particularly in the care and welfare areas of child protection, vetting of staff and restraint".[4] A follow-up inspection criticised a "lack of stable and effective strategic leadership" on 13 September 2005.[5]
In September 2006 the school went out of business due to financial difficulties. Its roll had dropped from 100 pupils to 34 at the time of its closure.[6]
The school buildings were then placed on the market with an asking price of £1.3 million.[7]