Kirsty Nicholson

Kirsty was appointed as Head of The Mary Erskine Senior School in August 2018, having been on the school management team since 2006. She has spent most of her career at ESMS. Stewart’s Melville College first saw her teach Geography but, within a few years, she was promoted to become a Principal Teacher of Guidance and moved to The Mary Erskine School, where her focus has been in the pastoral side of school life. Kirsty gained her PGCE at Jordanhill in Glasgow, after graduating in Geography and Economic and Social History from The University of Edinburgh. Kirsty loves living in Edinburgh with her family, enjoying all it has to offer. In her spare time, she enjoys keeping fit, vegetarian cooking, walks with her dogs and spending time in the Scottish Borders.