Head’s News 10 Jan 2020 - 10th Jan, 2020

Wishing you all a Happy New Year as we enter 2020 at Leith Academy. We’ve had a very positive first week back with Pupils, Staff and Partners energised and ready to deliver improved outcomes for the young people of Leith. Time will go quickly with only 4 weeks today until the Feb half-term. This is […]

YPI Final 2019! - 16th Dec, 2019

The Youth Philanthropy Initiative Final is on Thursday (19th Dec) afternoon and we look forward to showcasing our S3 presentations for this year. We will reveal the names of the finalists to the pupils today, and those pupils will be out of lessons for the day on Thursday so that they can rehearse during periods […]

Head’s News 13 Dec 2019 - 13th Dec, 2019

Staff, Pupils and Partners Prelims The prelims finish today, thank you for the support you have provided to the young adults as they ‘take stock’ of where they are in their courses. Our next steps are to mark and give feedback on what has gone well and what next steps are needed to plan for […]

Head’s News 6 Dec 2019 - 6th Dec, 2019

As we enter December the festive season is beginning to come to life within the Academy. It is as ever a busy and hectic time from performances to prelims happening across the school over the coming weeks. My Christmas letter has been emailed to Parents and I trust this gives you time to make any […]

Head’s News 22nd Nov 2019 - 22nd Nov, 2019

Staff, Pupils and Partners Live N Learn All of our S4’s had a session from Jen at https://live-n-learn.co.uk/ where the pupils worked on having a positive mindset. Breaking study and revision into manageable steps. Understanding the importance of planning your week. The session was timed to link in to the upcoming prelims in Dec. Prelims […]

Prelims 2019 - 21st Nov, 2019

Our Prelim timetable is now ready for pupils and their families to discuss and plan alongside. Please bear in mind that over the summer exams the SQA have 7 weeks to run these. During School prelims we have 2 weeks so there will be smaller gaps in between exams with some exams being on the […]

Head’s News 15 Nov 2019 - 20th Nov, 2019

Website Our website handover is complete. We will go one step at a time….. www.leith.edin.sch.uk My Parent version ‘post’ of Head’s News will be available….. https://leithacademy.uk/heads-news-8-nov-2019/ Remembrance Thank you to Rev May, the Prefects and all involved in pulling together this historic act we have done for many years at Leith next to our war […]

Head’s News 8 Nov 2019 - 8th Nov, 2019

As we enter November it was another busy week at Leith Academy. The bulletin which is emailed to Parents through the week keeps you updated with the events / sign ups / clubs and trips that go on in any given week. Below is some news to help keep you informed of ongoing developments across […]