Staffing

Susanne Fox will start her new post (PT Inclusion), at Newbattle High School, on 21 November 2026.

We are currently advertising/about to advertise for:

The following posts close a week on Sunday:

PT Inclusion – full time/permanent

A full-time permanent teacher at Meadowpark  

Temporary Curriculum Leader of Communications

Assemblies

There were no assemblies this week but next week’s assemblies will be with S4-S6 on Prelim Preparation and House Group assemblies on anti-bullying.

Parents’ Evening S4/5/6

It was great to see so many parents/carers and senior pupils along at the first of two senior school parents’ evenings. Those I spoke with had found the feedback from teachers really useful at this stage and just before prelims. The second of our S4/5/6 Parents’ Evening is this Tuesday, 11 November. We hope to see as many parents/carers there as possible and if you were unable to make Thursday’s one.

If you are unable to make either evening for any reason, please do contact the House Team so we can get some feedback for you on your young person’s performance.  

Learning Support Update

We will be pausing our input with the S1 and 2 literacy groups during the senior phase prelims in order to target support to our S4-6 young people.

We will finish up on the 14 November with all groups and start back again on the 8 December.  Our intention is that the week beginning the 8 December will be an assessment week to measure whether these interventions are beginning to have an impact.

We hope to inform all parents and carers of their progress in the New Year.

Achievement Ties –

Achievement Ties nominations close on Friday 21 November 2025.

Essentials Hub

The Essentials Hub will be open during all Parents’ Evenings.

We have uniform (shirts, trousers, blazers and more!), classroom equipment, hygiene products and a selection of textbooks and SQA materials!

We also have a variety of dresses and kilts, for pupils to borrow for attending school functions!

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