Knox Academy
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Knox Academy is a secondary school located in Haddington, Scotland
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[edit] History
Knox Academy is the descendant of a medieval grammar school and was dedicated to John Knox at the end of the 19th century. The school insignia bears the legend: 1379, referring to the date the first iteration of the school was opened. In 2005 a major overhaul of the school was completed and the school was reopened by First Minister Jack Mcconnell
It is a non-denominational and co-educational school whose roll (at September 2004) was 937.
The current head teacher is Mrs. Janis B Craig.
[edit] Features
Knox Academy has an extensive campus and when major refurbishment and rebuild was completed around August 2005 provide a combination of new and remodelled facilities. New features include a Drama room and Seminar rooms as well as social areas for the pupils. All classrooms and the Library are connected to the Internet and Intranet. The school has extensive playing fields and new sports facilities featuring a full-size Games Hall and Gymnasium. The cluster primary schools are King's Meadow Primary School, St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School in Haddington and Yester Primary School in Gifford. Pupils at East Linton Primary School may choose to transfer to Knox Academy. In addition, youngsters from a range of other schools choose to be educated at Knox Academy.
[edit] Cadet Force
Knox Academy is one of the few state schools to have a Combined Cadet Force. Knox Academy CCF is run by Major. George MacFarlane, W02. Richard Byers, 2nd LT. Sadie Jamieson and Ms. Heather Glass. The current Cadet Training Team Instructor is Sgt. Dennis Blackey.
