Edinburgh Academy has apologised for "brutal and unrestrained" historical abuse that allegedly occurred at the private school.
A total of 20 teaching staff were subject to allegations, including a child being beaten with a cricket bat, another pupil suffering a "small bleed on the brain", a child being strangled, and boys being paid to swim naked.
During the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, nearly 50 witnesses gave evidence, including BBC broadcaster Nicky Campbell, who attended the fee-paying school, between 1966 and 1978, from aged five to 17.
Edinburgh Academy admitted "serious sexual abuse was widespread".
It said it expressed regret that police were not brought in to deal with former teacher, Iain Wares, who was described by a lawyer for survivors as "one of the most prolific abusers in Scottish criminal history".
The college, also in Edinburgh, issued an apology for allowing Wares to keep working despite allegations because of the intervention of a psychiatrist.
He was finally dismissed in 1979 and returned to South Africa.
"The school is truly sorry and this is a full and unreserved apology for the abuse while at Fettes," spokesperson Graeme Watson said.
