Home Economics

Home Economics (HE) in the Broad General Education (ie S1 to S3) makes an invaluable contribution to a young person's holistic education.  Alongside engaging practical cooking experiences that encourage a diverse and healthy diet, the HE Team develop pupils' knowledge of food technology, health & safety and broader lifeskills regarding budgeting for food, etc.  This develops into the Senior Phase (ie S4 - S6) where pupils study hospitality and continue with valuable health & wellbeing inputs,  including cooking for life beyond school. 

For each year group there is a small annual nominal charge (detailed below) that accounts for the fact that young people take home their cooking and provided with packaging, thus home economics has a high disposable budget cost to meet.  This charge is standard across all secondary schools and contributes to the quality of the young person's experience.