Fact File


Type: six-year comprehensive

Catchment area: the town of Kirkwall, the east mainland of Orkney and all of the North and South isles excluding the island of Graemsay

Established: first mentioned in a royal charter in 1486 but probably considerably older.

Exchange links: Volkshogskule, Voss, Norway. Leibnizschule, Hanover, Germany. Moena, Italy.

School roll: Approximately 870, of whom over 220 are in S5 and S6.

Teaching complement: 80 (including part-time and job-share)

School day:

Tutor Time

8.45am to 9.00am

Period 1

9.00am to 9.55am

Period 2

9.55am to 10.50am

Interval

10.50am to 11.05am

Period 3

11.05am to 11.55am

Period 4

11.55am to 12.45pm

Lunch

12.45pm to 1.35pm

Period 5

1.35pm to 2.30pm

Period 6

2.30pm to 3.25pm
Notes: (i) Wednesday consists of five periods only with a 2.30pm finish.