page_title: St Margaret's School, Edinburgh
section_title: New buildings, a new badge and the centenary 1961–1990
hierarchical_section_title: St Margaret's School, Edinburgh / History / New buildings, a new badge and the centenary 1961–1990
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Margaret's School's Buchanan House, showing Buchanan Hall and the Round Hall.
context_page_description: St. Margaret's School was an independent school in the Newington area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The curriculum was based on the Scottish education system. The school was one of three all-girls, private, fee-paying schools based in the Edinburgh district. The school was a private boarding school to cater for students staying from home was offered and often housed a small group of students. The school competed alongside other female-dominated private schools in the country.
context_section_description: This period brought many changes to the school buildings, with the acquisition of Craigmillar House in 1962, Craigmillar Park Church in 1965 (now Buchanan House), Senior College in 1983 and Muirhead House in 1984.  The building of Matthew House was completed in 1972, and extensive refurbishment work was carried out on the Pavilion and the science laboratories.
  In 1965 the school celebrated its 75th anniversary, and to commemorate this the daughters of Mr and Mrs Buchanan donated a plaque.
  In 1967 a Clothing Exchange which enabled the purchase of second-hand uniform was established, and continued until the closure of the school.
  In 1983, St. Hilary's merged with St. Margaret's, reuniting the two schools.  The merger necessitated a new school badge.  The badge is lozenge-shaped, and has the cross of St. Margaret surrounded by four martlets on the upper half, and the cedar tree of St. Hilary's on the lower half.
  In 1990, the school celebrated its centenary.  Several events took place throughout the year to commemorate this anniversary.  One such event was a special trip in conjunction with the Forth Bridge (also celebrating its centenary) – girls (escorted by a piper) boarded a steam train bound for Dunfermline, where they visited St. Margaret's grave at Dunfermline Abbey.
caption: Buchanan House, showing Buchanan Hall and the Round Hall
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