Longniddry Primary School

Longniddry Primary School is located in the East Lothian village of Longniddry. It educates around 350 pupils. In the May 1999 inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education most aspects of the school's performance were rated Very Good.^[1] In 2007 Head Teacher Ann McLanachan won the Scottish Daily Record Award for Lifetime Achievement after 30 years service at this school.^[2] The Scottish Parliament Minister for Education and Young People, Cathy Jamieson visited the school in late 2002 and described its approach to literacy as "using an imaginative approach that has been developed by a range of people in the school who are part of the school team ... I want such good practice to be highlighted."^[3] The International Union for Health Promotion and Education described Longniddry in 2005 as "one of Scotland’s active primary schools".^[4] The school's badminton team won, for the third year running, the Mid and East Primary Schools Quaich, in February 2008.^[5]

References

1. "Standard Inspection of Longniddry Primary School and Nursery Class East Lothian Council", Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, May 1999
2. "The Scottish Daily Record Award for Lifetime Achievement - Ann McLanachan – Longniddry Primary School", Scottish Education Awards, 20 October 2007
3. "School Standards", Official Report, Scottish Parliament, 12 December 2002
4. "Global school health promotion", International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, Volume XII Number 3-4 2005
5. "There was three double winners from the county at the Mid and East Lothian Badminton Doubles Championships at Dunbar Grammar last Friday", East Lothian Courier, 7 February 2008