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Newbattle High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,313 pupilsDalkeithMidlothian
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals22%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support61%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher14.4Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas19%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,313Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Newbattle High School is a council school in Dalkeith for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,313 pupils. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Newbattle Community Campus, Newbattle Way, Easthouses, DALKEITH, Dalkeith, EH22 4SX0131 561 6700newbattle.org.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Newbattle High School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Midlothian council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,313Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals22%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support61%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas19%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
264S1
261S2
251S3
266S4
190S5
81S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,0801,08020222023: 1,1021,10220232024: 1,1721,17220242025: 1,2171,21720252026: 1,3131,3132026
Since 2022: +233
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,3131,2171,1721,1021,080
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals21.6%23.9%22.4%22.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)61.3%59.0%42.2%43.0%41.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.3%2.6%2.6%2.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.412.912.311.712.312.512.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers91.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.4Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St David's RC High SchoolCouncil1.9 miles788HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dalkeith High SchoolCouncil1.9 miles1,057HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lasswade High School CentreCouncil2.7 miles1,637HMIE, no open dataCompare
Musselburgh Grammar SchoolCouncil4.5 miles802HMIE, no open dataCompare
Gracemount High SchoolCouncil4.6 miles670HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rosehill High SchoolCouncil4.8 miles598HMIE, no open dataCompare
Liberton High SchoolCouncil4.9 miles859HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Newbattle High School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Newbattle High School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Newbattle High School have?

1,313 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Newbattle Community Campus, Newbattle Way, Easthouses, DALKEITH, Dalkeith, EH22 4SX
Telephone
0131 561 6700
Website
www.newbattle.org.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Midlothian
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5546036
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from