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EAST LOTHIAN YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2025
The Instrumental Music Service will be hosting the East Lothian Young Musician of the Year 2025...
ALL PUPILS: EAST LOTHIAN CLIMATE HUBS CLIMATE CREATIVITY COLLABORATION COMPETITION MARCH 2025
Three Knox students won the first and second place prizes for their work! Congratulations to...
ALL PUPILS: LOCKERS - MARCH 2025
We are removing quite a lot of the lockers through the school as most are not used. If you...
END OF TERM 2 AND EASTER ARRANGEMENTS
Please see letter from Miss Cook, dated 12 March 2025, for full details of all...
EXAM LEAVE INFORMATION 2025
Our S4, S5 and S6 are soon to embark on the 2025 diet of the National SQA examinations. Please...
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A Word from Miss Cook, Head Teacher

14 March 2025

Staffing

Mr Johnson’s will start his secondment as acting Head Teacher at Kaimes on 27 March 2025. Mrs Davis (currently PT at Meadowpark) will act up as Depute Head Teacher (DHT) until Mrs Shorthouse starts on 28 April 2025.

Assemblies

S4, S5/6 had assemblies this week from Citizen’s Advice informing them of a variety of services that can support them post 16. This service is based in Haddington.

S4/5/6 Study Support for SQA exams

As well as many study support clubs in school, E-Sgoil is offering study support during the Easter holidays.  To register for these support sessions pupils should click on this link. I would be grateful if parents/carers can encourage your young people to sign up. Thanks.

End of Term Arrangements

All parents/carers should have received a letter from me on Wednesday detailing our end of term arrangements.

Diversity Evening

What an amazing evening! It was great how our community came together to put on such a diverse event in terms of the workshops offered, the stalls at our market place and the mouth-watering cuisine in our food court. The evening then culminated with our Diversity Show, which highlighted the talents of both those at our school and in our local and wider community. I am sure for all those who attended, you would agree this was a memorable event celebrating our diversity and how it enriches our lives.

These events don’t happen without a lot of hard work from so many people. A massive thank you to parents/carers, staff, pupils, partners, charities and our local businesses who came together to put on our event – we very grateful to you.

School Improvement Planning for Session 2025-26

Parents/carers should have received an email from me on Monday asking you for your support in completing a questionnaire which will help us identify the key aspects we need to focus on next session. By us all working together we aim to ensure we support all of our young people to achieve their full potential. 

Thank you to the 55 parents/carers who have already responded, and I do hope you will...

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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.