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A Word from Miss Cook, Head Teacher

09 October 2025

Staffing

Acting DHT – following interviews on Wednesday, Zara Machen (currently Curriculum Leader of Communications) has been appointed to this post. We will now be advertising for an acting CL of Communications to backfill her post.

Teacher of PE from October2025 - December 2026– interviews are in process and I will let parents/carers know following the holidays.

Amber Steele – Pupil Support Worker is also leaving Knox Academy today. She has been an amazing Pupil Support Worker in her time here and we would like to wish her all the best for her future.

Posts currently being advertised/about to advertised:

CDT/Computing – temporary until SQA exam leave – will go live on 17 October for 2 weeks

Pupil Support Worker – permanent (full time) for 27 ½ hours.

Information for all parents/carers

Prelims (S4-S6)

Parents/carers should have received a letter from me on Wednesday outlining the prelim diet dates and the protocol for these. Please discuss this with your young person. Pupils will also have assemblies to support them with studying for these and to point them towards resources (and to highlight the study sessions available at the school and online which will support them – see last week’s HT’s update). Please can parents/carers encourage their young people to study for their prelims during the October break and in the lead up to these. Please can we also ask for your support to ensure they attend school regularly throughout the year so they don’t miss any course work or assessments. Thank you.

Study Support for Senior Pupils

As we approach the October break I felt it was worth highlighting this again to support our senior prepare for their prelims and they can access during the holiday period:

The E-Sgoil Evening online study support programme – which is completely free. Study Support comprises live, interactive webinars and are delivered online by experienced, GTCS registered teachers. 55 different webinars are on offer each week during term time, covering the most popular curricular areas as well as an extensive range of other...

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Knox Academy is the secondary school for Haddington and the surrounding area in East Lothian, Scotland, UK.  We are an active school community with many events taking place regularly.

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