The school has four ‘long days’ each with seven classes/periods and one ‘short’ day, a Friday with four classes/periods.
In each secondary school in Midlothian:
Break and Lunch
Dalkeith High School has a split break and lunch for the Broad General Education (S1-3) and Senior Phase (S4-S6) on a Monday – Thursday. On a Friday, S1 – S6 has the same break time, along with St David’s High School.
Structure of the school day: