{"id":46,"date":"2021-02-03T18:11:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:17:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13003\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13003\" id=\"longdesc-return-13003\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13003\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/01\/23123103\/SLT_McKay-2.jpg-300x200.png\" alt=\"Mr. McKay, Headteacher of Kirkcaldy High School\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool?longdesc=13003&amp;referrer=46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/01\/23123103\/SLT_McKay-2.jpg-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/01\/23123103\/SLT_McKay-2.jpg-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/01\/23123103\/SLT_McKay-2.jpg.png 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. McKay, Headteacher of Kirkcaldy High School<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Welcome from the Rector.<\/p>\n<p>It gives me\u00a0great pleasure to be able to welcome you to\u00a0the Kirkcaldy High School\u00a0web site. I see our web space as having two main functions. The\u00a0first of these is to inform any interested visitor of the work of\u00a0the school. Secondly we have developed a learning resource which supports\u00a0the achievement of our learners in its widest sense. Our web site helps us to promote that vital home\/school partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes<\/p>\n<p>Chris McKay<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13855\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/prospectus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13855\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13855\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122442\/magazine-150x150.png\" alt=\"Prospectus\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122442\/magazine-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122442\/magazine-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122442\/magazine.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prospectus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13857\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/equality-and-diversity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13857\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13857\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122540\/equal-rights-150x150.png\" alt=\"Equality, Diversity, Rights Respecting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122540\/equal-rights-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122540\/equal-rights-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122540\/equal-rights.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Equality, Diversity, Rights Respecting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13858\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/standards-quality-report\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13858\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13858\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122727\/working-150x150.png\" alt=\"School Structure, and Improvement\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122727\/working-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122727\/working-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122727\/working.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Structure, and Improvement<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13859\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/policies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13859\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13859\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122756\/privacy-policy-150x150.png\" alt=\"Policies\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122756\/privacy-policy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122756\/privacy-policy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122756\/privacy-policy.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Policies<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13860\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/school-uniform\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13860\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13860\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122831\/police-uniform-150x150.png\" alt=\"School Uniform\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122831\/police-uniform-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122831\/police-uniform-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122831\/police-uniform.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Uniform<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13861\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/friends-of-kirkcaldy-high-school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13861\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13861\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122916\/friendship-150x150.png\" alt=\"Friends of Kirkcaldy High School\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122916\/friendship-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122916\/friendship-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13122916\/friendship.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends of Kirkcaldy High School<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13863\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/school-transport-and-traffic-management\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13863\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13863\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123607\/double-decker-bus-150x150.png\" alt=\"School Transport and Traffic Management\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123607\/double-decker-bus-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123607\/double-decker-bus-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123607\/double-decker-bus.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Transport and Traffic Management<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13865\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/schools-in-fife\/school-holidays,-term,-and-closure-dates\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13865\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13865\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123709\/summer-holidays-150x150.png\" alt=\"School Holidays, Term, and Closure Dates\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123709\/summer-holidays-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123709\/summer-holidays-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13123709\/summer-holidays.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Holidays, Term, and Closure Dates<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13003\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/newsletters\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13003\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13869\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124049\/box-150x150.png\" alt=\"Newsletters Archive\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124049\/box-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124049\/box-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124049\/box.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newsletters Archive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13872\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/website-credits\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13872\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13872\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124642\/marketing-150x150.png\" alt=\"Website Credits\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124642\/marketing-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124642\/marketing-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/03\/13124642\/marketing.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Website Credits<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Welcome from the Rector. It gives me\u00a0great pleasure to be able to welcome you to\u00a0the Kirkcaldy High School\u00a0web site. I see our web space as having two main functions. The\u00a0first of these is to inform any interested visitor of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/about-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10574,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16986,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/16986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}