Staffing  

Laura Bates will do the acting Pupil Support Leader post until Iona Holmes starts with us on 18 May 2026. Ben Maxwell will also join us as our fourth Pupil Support Leader – date TBC.

Hannah McBride, who has been on secondment to DHT Outreach, will remain in this post at East Lothian Council. This means that her Modern Languages and her substantive PT Equity posts will be advertised (the PT Equity will be advertised within the school).

Modern Languages – an advert went live last Friday - permanent

PE post – interviews will take place on 12/13 May 2026.

Qualifications Scotland Exams

As you are well aware, the Qualification Scotland exams begin on Wednesday 22 April until Friday 29 May 2026. All young people have been issued with an individual timetable of their exams, before the Easter holidays, with specific timings, rooming and seating. If for any reason this has not been received, this can be collected from the school office. If they lose it please ask them to see Ms Machen.

Young people in S4-6 have had a face to face assembly around preparing for exams, the expectations in exams and coping with exam anxiety. Everything you and they need to know about exams can be accessed here.

What if a young person can’t sit the exam? (Exceptional Circumstances for Exams)

You or your parent or carer should contact Ms Machen as soon as possible, explaining what has happened.

She will be able to discuss your options and whether or not you would be entitled to use the Examination Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service. If you are eligible for the service, we would need to contact Qualifications Scotland within 10 days after the exam.

Exam Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service 

This service will support you if:

• you have been unable to attend the exam, or prevented from completing the exam, due to a personal circumstance beyond your control (such as a medical issue)
• you have been affected during the exam by a disruption, or other exam circumstance, reported by the chief invigilator
• your performance in the exam was affected by a personal circumstance, or an unplanned incident on the day, which was beyond your control.

Exam nerves, distraction or...