St David's Roman Catholic High School

St David's RC High School
St David's RC High School
Address
	1 Cousland Road; Dalkeith , Midlothian , EH22 2PS; Scotland
Information
Type	State secondary
Motto	Mundum Pro Christo ; (Conquer The World for Christ)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Opened	1948
Local authority	Midlothian Council
Head teacher	Donny MacDonald
Depute Head teachers	Kerry Lewis and Kathryn Williamson
Years	S1 to S6
Campus type	Joint campus
Houses	St Nicholas, St Cecilia
School Tie Colours	Maroon with blue stripes worn by S1-S4 ; Light Blue tie worn by S5 ; Maroon tie worn by S6
Website	www.stdavidshighschool.co.uk

Last updated November 10, 2023

St David's Roman Catholic High School is a Catholic secondary state school located at Cousland Road in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It has shared the same campus with Dalkeith High School since 2003.

Pupils

The school had a roll of almost 800 pupils in 2012. 75% of St David's pupils come from associated Catholic primary schools in Midlothian and East Lothian.

History

St David's High School was established in Dalkeith in 1948. In August 1966 the school moved to Abbey Road in what were originally the grounds of Newbattle Abbey. In November 2003, St. David's was integrated into the Dalkeith Schools Community Campus along with Dalkeith High and Saltersgate School, a special education facility, making it the first such joint secondary school campus in Scotland.^[1] After the move, teachers kept students separated from each other in the dining hall and on the playground, citing concern that younger pupils might become disoriented by the sudden transformation of their small school into a large, integrated organisation with 2,200 youths. They initially predicted that the regime of segregation could be relaxed within a few weeks, and that religious factors played no role in their decision;^[2] by January 2004, teachers at Dalkeith and St. David's still told their pupils not to talk to pupils from the other school, and students were kept segregated due to threats of violence directed at one another and teachers of different religious backgrounds in addition to assaults.^[1]

School of Football

St David's High School are currently in their second year of delivering the School of Football program and are intending to introduce a new S1 group each year for the foreseeable future.

Notable former students

Kevin Milne (b. 1981) - footballer
Darren Fletcher (b. 1984) - footballer, Manchester United F.C., Scotland national team; was inducted into Midlothian Council's Hall of Fame in 2009.^[3]
Keith Jack (b. 1988) - actor and singer.
Leigh Robertson - performer, actor, musical theatre - role as Jetsam in the University of the Highlands and Islands production of the Little Mermaid^[4]

Social media

St David's RC High School uses social media to communicate school information, events and updates to parents and pupils.

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References

1 2 Harris, Gillian (22 January 2004). "Lesson in bigotry as pupils shun integration". The Times. London. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
↑ "School segregation defended". BBC News. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
↑ "Scotland star to be added to hall of fame - News". Scotsman.com. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
↑ "Leigh E Robertson on Instagram: "Poor child, she has a very serious problem, hasn't she? Little mermaid 2023 x"". Instagram. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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[Times-1] 1 2 Harris, Gillian (22 January 2004). "Lesson in bigotry as pupils shun integration". The Times. London. Retrieved 15 February 2008.

[2] "School segregation defended". BBC News. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2008.

[3] "Scotland star to be added to hall of fame - News". Scotsman.com. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

[4] "Leigh E Robertson on Instagram: "Poor child, she has a very serious problem, hasn't she? Little mermaid 2023 x"". Instagram. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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