Frequently Asked Questions

The school day starts at 9am and finishes at 3.30pm.  A warning bell will sound at 8.55am and all pupils should be in class by 9am ready to learn.

When coming into school you should use the main pupil entrance which is at the front of the school facing the main reception entrance. 

In S1 there are a range of exciting subjects (subject to staffing)

English Faculty English 

Expressive Arts Faculty Art & Design, Drama, Music 

Guidance Faculty Personal & Social Education

Health & Leisure Faculty PE, Home Economics 

Languages Faculty French 

Maths Faculty Maths 

RME Faculty Religious and Moral Education 

Science Biology, Chemistry, Physics 

Social Subjects Geography, History, Modern Studies 

Technologies Faculty Technical, Business, Computing 

Your Year Head will be Mrs Logue .  Mrs Logue is a Depute Head Teacher in the school and has Year Head responsibilities for all S1 and S4 young people for session 2025/26.  Senior Leadership Team 

All bus contracts and times are arranged between PTU (public Transport Unit) and the bus companies.  The school do not arrange the transport.  

In the morning for coming to school your bus company will let you know what time and where your collection point will be.  

When leaving school all buses depart from the bus bay at the end of the school day.

If you miss the bus it will be your parents responsibility to take you to school.  If you are going to be late then please inform the school. 

If you are absent due to illness your parent/carer should call or email the school to inform us that you will not be in.

At break time all pupils must remain on campus.

At lunch time pupils in all year groups can go down the street (except for the 3-day visit where you must remain on campus).  Pupils must be back in time for the afternoon classes.

You will be in a tutor group of around 20 pupils.  Each tutor group will be made up of pupils from many different primary schools.  Each class will have its own tutor teacher who will be a member of staff specially appointed to help look after you. Your group will see your tutor teacher every day and you will get to know each other very well.

You will be in either 1C1 or 1C2

1D1 or 1D2

1J1 or 1J2

1T1 or 1T2

Your Guidance Teacher will depnd on which house you are in. Guidance Team 

Conveth Mrs Baker 

Drumtochty Mrs Dunn

Johnston Mrs Stevenson

Thornton Mrs Jamieson

Our canteen is cashless and you should use your Young Scot Card.  Our canteen is open before school to allow pupils to purchase breakfast.  At break time for snacks and juice and at lunch time for a mixture of snacks, sandwiches and main meals.   Key Staff 

Make sure you have a suitable school bag to carry your books, and bring a pencil case with your pencils, pens, rubber, ruler, and sharpener.  If you can bring a calculator too, that would be very useful (especially for Maths and Science!)

Prefects are senior students who are “on duty” around the school, helping pupils at interval and lunchtime and keeping an eye on what is going on.

Prefects are senior school students who will help you.

There are also Prefects on the buses who check pupils’ behaviour and report to the staff in school if there are any problems. 

If you are late for any reason - your bus was late, you slept in, you took too long to walk to school, you were at an appointment - you must report to the school office before going to class. 

If you feel ill during class, please speak to your class teacher who will inform the office or first aid.  If you are too ill to stay in school, then staff will phone your parents or your emergency contact and ask them to come and collect you.  

It is essential that you provide the school with the name of a friend or relative who can be contacted in an emergency if/when it is not possible to get in touch with your parents/guardians.  

Do not call your parents and ask them to collect you as you must not go home without permission.

You need to collect forms from reception for your parent/guardian to sign and then you should bring your medicine to school with the completed forms.  

All pills and medicine will be kept in the medical room and arrangements will be made for you to take these as required.

If you lose anything such as books, jackets or PE kit, ask at the office or the janitors office, or at the P.E. Department.  

If you lose your bus pass, go to reception and somebody will help you.  

The transport system works extremely well.  If however there is an occasion where your bus does not arrive or is running late you should not wait more than 20 minutes from your allocated collection time.  

If the school becomes aware of any transport issues this will be communicated via text and email through our GroupCall system.

Yes, you are allowed to take a mobile phone to school  This must be switched off or on silent when in class and must be out of sight.  It should be in your bag or in your pocket.  Sometimes a teacher may allow you to use your phone as part of the lesson.  You should never photograph or be filming in school without permission.   

Yes, although these stopped for a while due to covid, we have started again.   Some trips include that have been run in the past include:

Days trips as part of course work -  Theatre, Museum or around our local area, Duke of Edinburgh 

Activity Day Trips  (this year)- Golf, Football, Watersports, Activity Centres, Theatre, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Shetland, London, Theme Parks

Trips Abroad - USA Wild West Trip,  Italy Snowsports Trip, Spain Water Sports Trip, Spain Football Trip, France Outdoor Adventure  

This will depend on what you wish to buy.  Please see a link below to the school canteen prices.

School Canteen Prices  

One tie will be issued to all pupils before August.  Extra ties can be purchased for £5 at the School Office.