KinrossHigh School is a state school in Kinross, Scotland. The school is located adjacent to the leisure centre, and is part of Loch Leven Community Campus, named after the nearby Loch Leven. In 2007, it was announced that the school would be moving to a new campus, as part of a scheme of school building in the Perth & Kinross area. The move was completed in 2010. The school has about 1012 pupils enrolled and about 100 members of staff. It is now a Community Campus with public facilities including a climbing wall, a gym, a library and several meeting rooms. There are three houses - Lomond, Benarty and Ochil. The house the pupil is in depends on the floor that they get registered in - the bottom being Ochil, the middle being Benarty and the top being Lomond.
Uniform
Junior pupils are expected to wear a shirt with a green, purple, red and yellow tie with black trousers/skirt and dark shoes. Senior pupils are expected to wear a purple blazer and a purple tie - both of which display the school logo and the motto - "Learning the key."
Roll
2010/2011 - 915 pupils
2011/2012 - 895 pupils
2012/2013 - 906 pupils
Senior management
Catchment area
The school serves most of the local communities around Kinross shire. Schools that are in the catchment area are:
The High School is located in Loch Leven Community Campus which helps try to bring the community together. As a result, many of the services that used to be offered in Kinross have now been moved into the campus. The library is now located near the main entrance. This allows the public to borrow books but also allows pupils to borrow books for their classes. It also provides an area for the pupils to study on their study periods and other classes to use the IT facilities. There are also various meeting rooms throughout the campus which are available to hire. There is also a new climbing wall used for extra curricular clubs after school. There are now three main PE halls and a gym. The three halls include a large games hall, a smaller games hall and a dance studio. Each hall has the facility to play music through the speakers and the games hall has a large scoreboard if rival teams are playing against each other. There are also new outdoor pitches. The MUGA is used to play sports like basketball, tennis and hockey. There is also a football pitch and a larger pitch used for games, running and rugby.
Exam arrangements
Fourth year pupils who are sitting their Nationals sit their preliminary examinations usually in December/January time. S5/6 pupils have two weeks of study leave in which they're expected to make use of their time by studying or catching up on coursework either in the school library or at home. At the beginning of May, pupils sit their final examinations which are assessed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. These usually start at the end of April and usually run into a few days of June. Fourth years generally get their study leave earlier than the seniors since their exams usually start earlier as they have seven subjects as opposed to five or four. The exams are usually done in rooms around the school, however the main exam hall is the assembly hall which has the capacity for about 150 pupils to sit an exam at the same time. In the case of the class being too large or having two exams running simultaneously, some pupils sit their exams in classrooms or in the activity meeting space. For those with extra time, they sit their exams in the support area so they are not disturbed by pupils finishing their exams earlier. Pupils with additional support needs can also arrange to sit their exams in a separate room with a smaller group of people.
