A little under a year since pupils first walked through its doors, the new Madras College has officially celebrated its opening.
The £55 million campus, located on Bell Brae, first welcomed pupils last August but due to the Covid-19 restrictions no official celebration was held to mark the milestone.
Now, 10 months on, pupils and staff were finally able to host guests for a special event thanking those involved in helping the new school become a reality.
Madras College was previously divided across two sites, with S1 to S3 pupils at the Kilrymont campus and S4 to S6 at South Street, in the heart of St Andrews.
The audience were treated to the junior drama group preforming a mix of scenes from Shakespeare plays, as well as musical performances from the school’s senior choir and percussion ensemble.
Head girl Maisie Dury helped host the event, as well as performing a scene from George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion.
She said: “I think we’ve had a really successful day. I’m glad it’s finally happened after just under a year (since we moved in).
“We are not used to having everyone all in the same building but once we were all settled it was really good having the two schools together.
“I would say it’s definitely more of a school community having everyone here and it’s been a long time coming!”
The school’s PR captain Ewan Chanter also helped host the opening ceremony and joined Maisie in the performance of Pygmalion.
He spoke of the changes the pupils faced moving into the new campus and the benefits the brand new school has brought.
Ewan said: “It was definitely a big change at the start. We were used to only having three year groups in the building at any one time.
“It’s different from what we were used to but having the younger years here, we have learned how to be role models.
“The equipment we have here is beyond what we could have imagined before.”
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