Fettes College, Edinburgh, is poised to pay a seven-figure sum in compensation for the sexual and physical abuse suffered by some former pupils.
The leading private school — which counts Sir Tony Blair, the former prime minister, and the actress Tilda Swinton among its alumni — made a public apology to victims at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and is negotiating the size of awards for assaults described as “shocking and truly life-changing”.
It is understood that at least 20 former pupils have raised actions for damages against Fettes; more than a dozen of those were abused by the same former master. The former pupils claim that the school failed to protect them, and many presented their stories to the inquiry.
