North Berwick High School A GSG School
- North Berwick High School
Grange Road
North Berwick
East Lothian
EH39 4QS - Head: Mr Robert Jones (Acting Head Teacher)
- T 01620 894661
- F 01620 895495
- E northberwick.hs@n…h.elcschool.org.uk
- W www.edubuzz.or…thberwickhigh/
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: East Lothian
- Pupils: 901; sixth formers: 128
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Trillions of clubs for everything including the latest success story, bee-keeping, and lots of things for the non-sporty. More than 40 different choices, many on offer to several different age groups. Pupils take real responsibility in school, as heads of school, and of houses, as prefects, as mentors for younger pupils and as representatives to the community. Head boy/girl elected annually by pretty stringent process. An onerous task – they have to do the Burns' Night supper at the local Marine Hotel, which brushes up their…
What the school says...
North Berwick High School serves the town of North Berwick and the local community. It has a very good academic record and boasts a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Acting Head Teacher
Robert Jones, depute head who has taught at the school for more than 20 years, is holding the fort whilst Lauren Rodger MA PGCE is on secondment to Knox Academy. A former pupil of North Berwick High, she studied English at Aberdeen University, then did PGCE at Manchester. Head of English at St Margaret's School in Edinburgh for eight years and was chair of the SCIS English professional development group. Achieved the Scottish Qualification for Headship in 2006 and was depute head teacher at North Berwick High for seven years. Her three children were educated at the school.
Academic matters
North Berwick High follows the Scottish system: National qualifications followed by Intermediates and Highers and then Advanced Highers. Six parallel classes at S1 and S2, with pupils set for maths in S1 and S2....
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Special Education Needs
North Berwick High School aims to be an inclusive one, one which meets the needs of all its children. We offer a range of services to support our most vulnerable pupils. We have two Support Bases, one aimed at pupils with pronounced Additional Support Needs and the other aimed at supporting pupils in their work in a variety of ways. We offer support in a variety of ways: in-class support from Support Staff (both teachers and auxiliary staff); small-group tutorial work; paired reading with senior students; extra support in class from senior students and ongoing development of the curriculum in all departments. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | Y |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| The Compass School | 2017 | 4 |
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