Public Benefit

Financial Support

It is our aspiration that a High School of Dundee inspiring education should be available to any pupil who would benefit from it, regardless of their financial circumstances.

Financial support is available to pupils in L6 and L7 of the Junior School and throughout the Senior School, and is awarded on the basis of academic ability and financial need. We work hard to ensure access to our school is as wide as possible and currently nearly a fifth of our secondary pupils benefit from means-tested financial support, which can range from 10% to 100% of fees. Our average level of award is 60% of the tuition fee and, in total, we allocate around £1m per annum in support.

Bursaries are funded from various sources, including a number of external charitable organisations, and the School actively raises additional funds through the High School of Dundee Foundation.

Find out more about financial support at the High School of Dundee.

Sharing our facilities 

We take enormous pride in our place in the community and want to ensure it isn’t only High School of Dundee pupils who can benefit from our facilities.  In fact, we have calculated that approximately 1,900 people from outwith the school use our facilities every week.

When not in use by the School, we make classrooms and our performance spaces, such as Trinity Hall, available to external groups for regular, scheduled use. Current users include state schools, the Dundee Choral Union, the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the National Youth Choir of Scotland and a number of charities.

Our top of the range sports facilities at Mayfield are available for community use from 6pm from Monday to Friday, and from 9am at the weekend, providing more than 1700 hours annually for community use. They are used by various local sports teams and organisations; for various public classes (for instance dance); and for public holiday camps. They are also home to Dundee Rugby club and our cricket clubs. For booking enquiries, please contact Mayfield Sports Centre on 01382 454987 or email mayfield@highschoolofdundee.org.uk .

If you are interested in hiring any of our other facilities, please call our School Office on 01382 202921.

Sharing our expertise 

In addition, the School contributes to national educational improvement and development through encouraging and facilitating staff to participate in national examination marking and development, curriculum development and contribution to educational boards and committees.

Charity giving

Every year, pupils – and staff - eagerly throw themselves into the challenge of raising money for good causes. Charity giving is embraced throughout the school, forming a core part of our co-curriculum, and helping our pupils appreciate their roles within society and their responsibility to the wider world.

In the past three years alone, the School has raised a total of almost £110k for a variety of local, national and international charitable causes, through a range of events and initiatives, many of which are organised by the School’s established Charities Committee and Interact and Rotakids groups.

Find out more about charity giving at the High School of Dundee.

Community work

Our pupils benefit immeasurably from their active involvement in community work. Whether it’s participating in community projects as part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, beach cleaning as part of our Outdoor Education programme, volunteering with local charities such as Dundee Foodbank and Dundee Disabled Children’s Association, or performing in community musical events, our pupils can frequently be found making valuable contributions.