Aligning the school day

What the changes would mean for each school

The table shows the current and proposed start and end times for each school.

Start and finish time changes are minimal, with some schools having no changes or plus/minus ten minutes.

Friday is the exception for three schools, Dalkeith High School, Newbattle Community High School and St David's RC High School. Their school day would be 50 minutes shorter to ensure all secondary school have the same length of 'student week', 1,600 minutes. 

School Current start (Mon-Thurs) Current finish (Mon-Thurs) Current finish (Fri) Proposed Dif in Start (Mon-Fri) Proposed Dif (Mon-Thur) Proposed Dif (Fri)
Beeslack Community High School 8.30am    3.20pm 12.05pm 10 min later 5 min later 10 min later
Dalkeith High School 8.40am     3.25pm 1.05pm No change No change 50 min earlier
Lasswade High School 8.30am     3.25pm 12.05pm 10 min later No change 10 min later
Newbattle Community High School 8.30am     3.25pm  12.55pm 10 min later No change 50 min earlier
Penicuik High School 8.40am     3.30pm  12.15pm No change 5 min earlier No change
St David's High School 8.40am     3.25pm  1.05pm No change No change  50 min earlier