Private school boasts pupil record

SCOTLAND’S oldest boarding school has recorded its highest pupil numbers in its 185 years.

Loretto School in Musselburgh, East Lothian, has reported an 18 per cent increase in the number of new pupils, taking its total roll to 635.

Independent school pupil numbers have been fairly static, despite the cost of privately educating children going up 
63 per cent in the past decade.