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Recent News

Good morning Please find this week’s job vacancies at the following link: Job vacancies -...
COLLEGE INFORMATION Core induction days. Tuesday 2nd, Thursday 4th, Tuesday 9th...
FREE workshops the following weekend at Haddstock.:  Sunday 31 May, Bridge Centre...
St Mary's RC Primary School are looking for additional volunteers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays ...
Good morning,   Please find the link below to this week’s job vacancies.  ...

A Word from Miss Cook, Head Teacher

05 June 2026

Staffing  

Teacher of Modern Languages (1FTE)
Congratulations to Marie Elder, who was appointed permanently to this post on Monday 25 May.

Teacher of Music (Part-Time)
Interviews will take place for this in the next few weeks.

Teacher of PE (maternity cover)

Paul Gleeson will join us in August to cover Lana Borwick’s maternity leave until she returns in January 2027.

Teacher of Learning Support (1FTE)
This post closes on 14 June and interviews will take place on Monday 22 June..

ASN Auxiliary  (27.5 hrs) – Meadowpark – 4 posts – interviews taking place on 22 June 2026.

PT Equity (permanent) – interviews took place on 2 June and Laura Bates was appointed to this positon. She will start in August.

Pre-registered teachers (previously known as NQTs – newly qualified teachers)

Next session – 2026/27 -  we will be welcoming 5 PRTs.

Susan Andrews – Chemistry; Jodie Gare – Drama; Hugo Pengelley- History; Yvonne Huddart – Maths; Stephen Hogg – Physics and Science.

Our School Show – final tickets remaining!

The final performance of 'We Will Rock You' takes place tonight. For those of you who have already seen it you will know it was a night to remember with stunning performances from all. A few tickets are still available on the door or via IPay.

School Improvement Plan

Thank you to all parents/carers, pupils and staff for helping us devise our school improvement priorities for next session. We will also be discussing these at assemblies in August and we look forward to working with our school community to achieve these.

School Uniform

All parents/carers (including P7s – sent to primary HTs to send out) should have received a letter from me, on Wednesday, about our new approach to School Uniform as of August. This details what items pupils can wear to school as part of that uniform and also details where badged uniform can be purchased. If anyone in the new S1...

Welcome

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.

The Bulletin is updated with news relevant specifically to pupils on a day-to-day basis, while other school news can be viewed below. Our school calendar contains key dates throughout the current session. A summary of session dates is also available.  Current vacancies for staff are advertised on myjobscotland and also in the Recruitment News section of this website.  

Please contact the School Office if you require further information on any aspect of the community at Knox Academy.