Beeslack Community High School, Penicuik

Beeslack Community High School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 780 pupils and 12.2 pupils per teacher.

7% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.

2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 27% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 90.2% in 2024/25, and 30.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 91% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Beeslack Community High School are Penicuik High School (1 mile), Lasswade High School Centre (4.4 miles), Gracemount High School (5.1 miles) and Currie Community High School (5.7 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Beeslack Community High School.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beeslack High School (at), 80 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Beeslack Community High School are Mauricewood Primary School (0.2 miles), Strathesk Primary School (0.3 miles), Cuiken Primary School (0.9 miles) and Sacred Heart Primary School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Midlothian publishes both.