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Fettes College 'shamefully' failed to protect pupils from sexual, physical and emotional abuse, inquiry finds
The inquiry revealed decades of abuse and cover-ups at Fettes College with staff and pupils as perpetrators, leaving victims suffering even 50 years later, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Lady Smith found Fettes College wholly failed children who endured abuse from the 1950s to the 1980s, calling it 'shameful that did not happen.'
- Institutional failures at Fettes included appointing Anthony Chenevix-Trench despite Eton disclosing concerns, protecting known abusers, and maintaining minimal residential oversight until the late 1980s.
- Examples include Iain Wares, who `preyed` on children and `at times, he could not control his temper`, leading to brutal assaults, and incidents like boys hung from windows and mock slave auctions.
- Legal fallout includes a £450,000 award and ongoing civil claims, with Fettes' governors apologising unreservedly and Iain Wares facing extradition proceedings from South Africa.
- The report forms part of a wider SCAI investigation and notes racism and misogyny were normalised at Fettes, applicants still come forward, and the inquiry urges vigilance despite 2025 inspections.
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Top Scots private school at centre of systematic historic sex abuse 'wholly failed' its pupils - Scottish Daily Express
Lady Smith, chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, says pupils at Tony Blair's former school in Edinburgh 'suffered dreadfully' from abuse over at least four decades from the 1950s
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Pupils ‘wholly failed’ by Fettes College during decades of abuse, inquiry finds
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry found children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused from the 1950s onwards at the Edinburgh school.
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