Preston Lodge High School

Preston Lodge High School
Preston Lodge High School
Address
	Parkview; Prestonpans, East Lothian, EH32 9QJ; Scotland
Information
Type	Comprehensive
Religious affiliation(s)	Any
Established	1924
Founder	John P Mackintosh (New Build)
Local authority	East Lothian Council
Chair	S
Head teacher	Gavin Clark
Staff	c.500
Gender	Any
Age	9 to 100
Enrolment	c.3,000
Houses	Gosford Grange Seton
Colour(s)
Publication	PLus
Website	www.prestonlodge.net

Preston Lodge High School is a six-year non-denominational school located in Prestonpans, Scotland. It serves students from Cockenzie,Port Seton, Prestonpans,Longniddry, Blindwells and the surrounding areas.

Primary Schools

A student goes to Preston Lodge High School when they finish P7 at Primary School. The Primary Schools that contribute to Preston Lodge are Preston Tower Primary School, (Formerly Prestonpans Primary School,) St Gabriel's RC Primary School, Longniddry Primary School, and Cockenzie Primary School.^[1]

House system

Every pupil who goes to Preston Lodge High School is sorted into one of three houses. Every pupil is sorted into a random house (unless they have an older sibling(s) already assigned to a house, in which case they are sorted into the same one):

Gosford - Which hosts the Gosford House.
Seton - Which hosts the Seton Fishing Harbour.
Grange - Which hosts the Prestongrange Mines.

Notable events

The original school situated on Preston Road (the site of the current Preston Tower Primary School) burnt down in January 1967. A new school was built at Park View and formally opened on the 14th of November 1969 by the late John P Mackintosh, MA.

The school building was extended and modernised in 2006. This would include a re-shuffle of departments like the Support for Learning (SFL) and Pupil Support classes as well as more rooms for subjects such as Modern Studies, etc.