penicuik high school
Penicuik ,
On behalf of the staff and students of Penicuik High School I would like to
welcome you to our website. Penicuik High School is a co-educational,
non-denominational High School serving Penicuik and the surrounding area within
Midlothian. The current school building with its imposing frontage has been on
its present site since 1937 and the school has a reputation for offering a wide
and stimulating curriculum and supporting young people to achieve academically,
socially and culturally. Amongst some of its famous alumni are: Sir James
Hamilton (the first Dux of the school), the designer of the Concorde’s delta
wings, Scotland’s Grand Slam captain, Jim Aitken, Football internationals Craig
Paterson and Billy Kirkwood, former Chief executive of NHS Scotland, Malcolm
Wright, celebrity stylist to the stars and royalty, Denise McAdam RSM, Rosemarie
McIlwhan, Director of the Scottish Human Rights Centre. We are equally proud of
the many young men and women who have passed through our doors and are now
making valuable contributions both locally, nationally and internationally. Many
of our current students have parents and even grandparents who attended the
school and this link to the past is important to our ethos. One of the key aims
of the school, supported by its current PRIDE values is to develop all our young
people and provide the best education possible so they are able to become
productive and fulfilled citizens who progress into positive working lives and
careers. In order to do this we need to work in partnership with all
parents/carers and community partners to offer the widest possible curriculum
that develops personal and social skills and ensures they attain suitable
qualifications to progress to positive destination after school. This means we
must be here to celebrate the many successes of our young people but also be
prepared to work with you and your young person when things go wrong and they
need support and guidance to continue to develop and mature. Key to this is
communication and transparency and I hope all who cross our doors experience a
warm, caring positive environment, where relationships are fostered and we
listen and react.
