Craigerne Residential School was in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland.
Craigerne was opened by Barnardo's as a residential school for boys with emotional difficulties April 1956.[1] Over the years hundreds of boys went through its doors through the sixties and seventies. In the winter of 1982, the school had a major renovation, with a new assembly hall-cum-gymnasium, and improved classroom facilities, funded by a grant from the Scottish Education Department. There were at the time 25 students. In 2020 the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry issued a report which included Barnardo's homes at Tyneholm, Balcary, Glasclune and Craigerne in Scotland. The Inquiry concluded that children in the care of these homes in the 1950s and 1960s suffered emotional, sexual and physical abuse.[2]
School closure
editCraigerne closed in June 1989 and it would seem was passed to the Education Department. The school was purchased by a developer in 2004 and converted into flats[3][failed verification] Replacement new oak stairs and paneling to match the original was restored after extensive fire damage.[4][failed verification]
References
edit- ^ "Borders care homes come under Child Abuse Inquiry spotlight". Border Telegraph. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Case Study no. 3: The provision of residential care for children in Scotland by Quarriers, Aberlour Child Care Trust, and Barnardo's between 1921 and 1991" (PDF). Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. January 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "ARJ - Gallery2". Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "ARJ - Gallery3". Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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