Knox Academy, EAST LOTHIAN
Knox Academy is a secondary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Knox Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Knox Academy 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 942 pupils and 13.4 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.9% in 2024/25, and 26.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 94% full.
97% 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.
Knox Academy in its own words
In its own words: ""Always to choose kindness and create a respectful environment where staff and pupils can inspire each other to achieve their goals and become life-long learners." After a long consultation process with pupils, staff, parents /carers and our wider community, we identified three core values for us at Knox Academy."
On phones, the school says: "Mobile phones can only be used in the social area in the school at these times as classrooms, corridors and the dining room are phone free zones, as per our new Mobile Phone Policy."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Knox Academy.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rosehall Place (at), 150 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Knox Academy are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Haddington Primary School (0.3 miles) and Letham Mains Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Lothian publishes both.
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolHaddington Primary SchoolLetham Mains 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 Knox Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Knox Academy is a co-educational state secondary school located in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Originally founded in 1379 as a medieval grammar school, it is one of the oldest schools in the world.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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 Knox Academy
What is the catchment area for Knox Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Knox Academy 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Knox Academy?
If you live in Knox Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Knox Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Knox Academy?
Knox Academy is at Pencaitland Road, Haddington, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH41 4DT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)