Then, during the 1960s the school expanded from Carleton Turrets, acquiring Westfield for boarders, Sleaford for juniors and Hartfield for nursery and kindergarten.

[3] The Wellington Campus now consists of three turreted buildings in a seafront location within Seafield, a residential part of the town of Ayr.

These buildings are a series of three large adjacent villas in Craigweil Road, all executed in 1879 to a common Scottish Baronial style by the same architect, John Murdoch.

[10] Design work for a new Study Centre and Library at Craigweil House was underway in 2011, with the submission of a full planning application then anticipated early in 2012.

Opened on 1 November 2011 by Ms Angela Constance MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, it is run in partnership with South Ayrshire Council.

He was educated at Cambridge University and Moray House; previously he held the post of Assistant Rector at the Dollar Academy.

HMIE noted two particular strengths: The High levels of attainment and impressive breadth of achievement on the part of children and young people and The quality of support for learners with additional needs and the very good progress made by them.

However, this activity, combined with the low expenditure on means-tested bursary support, was not substantial enough to mitigate the level of fees charged.

At the start of May 2014 OSCR announced its revised decision on the charitable status of a fee-charging school,[20] confirming that it had now met the charity test in part through a higher expenditure on means-tested bursary support.