Beeslack High School
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Beeslack Community High School is a non-denominational secondary
state school located in Penicuik
, Midlothian
, Scotland
, United Kingdom
. It is known locally as the 'Biscuit Factory' due to its large orange and black industrial block-shaped appearance. The school was built in 1984 and covers 11 acres (44,515.5 m²) of ground on the edge of Penicuik
at Glencorse.
The school has an indoor swimming pool, gymnasium and a smaller fitness suite. In 2006/7 a bistro was built on the side of the school creating extra eating areas.
Beeslack Community High School has had two head teachers since opening in 1984. However, at the end of the 2008/9 session the more recent of these, Maarteen Versteeg, retired after some 20 years within the school. The current Headteacher Mr. Jim Cassidy began in August 2009 after leaving Gracemount High School.
Beeslack has a school roll of around 800-900 pupils with around 100 teachers. The 800-900 pupils are in year groups which are divided into registration classes. Currently the school registration system uses a coding system, XCY where X is the year of the group and Y is the registration class within that yeargroup e.g. 1C1 or 6C4.
The school follows the Scottish educational system with pupils starting in 1st year (S1) and progressing as far as 6th year (S6). As with the Scottish education system pupils can leave school once they reach the legal school leaving age of 16, normally at the end of S4. However, these pupils tend to go into unskilled or semi skilled work due to their lack of qualifications.
The school uniform consists of the whole school wearing black trousers or for girls skirts, shirts and a jumper along with ties. S6 pupils wear a modified uniform blazers and prefect ties.
More information on Beeslack Community High School can be found at http://www.beeslack.info/
More information on the Scottish education system can be found at Scottish education.
Secondary school
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state school located in Penicuik
Penicuik
Penicuik is a burgh and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. The town was developed as a planned village in 1770 by Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. It became a burgh in 1867. The town was well known for its paper mills, the last of which closed in 2005....
, Midlothian
Midlothian
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, Scotland
Scotland
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, United Kingdom
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. It is known locally as the 'Biscuit Factory' due to its large orange and black industrial block-shaped appearance. The school was built in 1984 and covers 11 acres (44,515.5 m²) of ground on the edge of Penicuik
Penicuik
Penicuik is a burgh and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. The town was developed as a planned village in 1770 by Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. It became a burgh in 1867. The town was well known for its paper mills, the last of which closed in 2005....
at Glencorse.
The school has an indoor swimming pool, gymnasium and a smaller fitness suite. In 2006/7 a bistro was built on the side of the school creating extra eating areas.
Beeslack Community High School has had two head teachers since opening in 1984. However, at the end of the 2008/9 session the more recent of these, Maarteen Versteeg, retired after some 20 years within the school. The current Headteacher Mr. Jim Cassidy began in August 2009 after leaving Gracemount High School.
Beeslack has a school roll of around 800-900 pupils with around 100 teachers. The 800-900 pupils are in year groups which are divided into registration classes. Currently the school registration system uses a coding system, XCY where X is the year of the group and Y is the registration class within that yeargroup e.g. 1C1 or 6C4.
The school follows the Scottish educational system with pupils starting in 1st year (S1) and progressing as far as 6th year (S6). As with the Scottish education system pupils can leave school once they reach the legal school leaving age of 16, normally at the end of S4. However, these pupils tend to go into unskilled or semi skilled work due to their lack of qualifications.
The school uniform consists of the whole school wearing black trousers or for girls skirts, shirts and a jumper along with ties. S6 pupils wear a modified uniform blazers and prefect ties.
More information on Beeslack Community High School can be found at http://www.beeslack.info/
More information on the Scottish education system can be found at Scottish education.
External links
- Official Beeslack Website
- Beeslack High School on Scottish Schools Online