Dalkeith High School, Dalkeith
Dalkeith High School is a secondary school for pupils in Dalkeith.
- Attendance
- 87.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dalkeith High School in detail
School in Scotland
Dalkeith 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 1057 pupils and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
11% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.9% in 2024/25, and 39.7% 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 good (A); the school was 101% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Dalkeith High School in its own words
In its own words: "A very warm welcome to Dalkeith High School, a proud and vibrant school at the heart of the thriving Dalkeith community and its surrounding areas. Dalkeith High School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary school, catering for pupils of all ability ranges from S1-S6."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Dalkeith High School are St David's RC High School (under 0.1 miles), Newbattle High School (1.9 miles), Musselburgh Grammar School (2.6 miles) and Rosehill High School (3.1 miles).
St David's RC High SchoolNewbattle High SchoolMusselburgh Grammar SchoolRosehill High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Eskbank Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Schools Campus (stance 1), 190 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Dalkeith High School are Woodburn Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St David's RC Primary School (1 mile), Whitecraig Primary School (1.2 miles) and King's Park Primary School (1.2 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Midlothian publishes both.
Woodburn Primary SchoolSt David's RC Primary SchoolWhitecraig Primary SchoolKing's Park Primary School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Dalkeith High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Dalkeith High School is a secondary state school located in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Latest from Dalkeith High School
Formal Assessment Timetable
5 Oct 2026
September Bulletin
2 Oct 2026
Headteacher’s Update - Friday 25th September 2026
25 Sep 2026
August Bulletin
4 Sep 2026
Free School Meals
3 Sep 2026
Headteacher’s Update - Friday 21st August 2026
21 Aug 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Dalkeith High School
What is the catchment area for Dalkeith High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dalkeith High School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Dalkeith High School?
If you live in Dalkeith High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Dalkeith High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dalkeith High School?
Dalkeith High School is at 2 Cousland Road, Dalkeith, Dalkeith, EH22 2PS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)