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Balwearie High School is a non denominational comprehensive secondary school at the west end of Kirkcaldy in Scotland. Balwearie serves around 1600 pupils aged from 11 to 18 and includes a Department of Additional Support (DAS for short) for children with Additional Support Needs.

Rector Start of office End of office Duration (years) Comments Tom Elder 1964 1970 6 Rector when the school was officially opened. Oliver McLauchlan Dr James More 7 Was depute headmaster from 2001 to 2010 after a spell as acting rector. He is also a former pupil and physics teacher at Balwearie and the only headmaster to hold a PHD or to have been a Student at the school. Neil McNeil2017Alison Mitchell2023(ongoing)(ongoing)Was previously headteacher at Lasswade High School and depute head of Queensferry High School.

The school's catchment area covers much of the south and west of Kirkcaldy, as well as Kinghorn, Burntisland and Auchtertool. Balwearie's associated primary schools are Auchtertool, Burntisland, Dunnikier, Kinghorn, Strathallan and Kirkcaldy West.

A high staying on rate is reflected in large numbers gaining employment, training or Further or Higher Education. The school originally won a Charter Mark Award for excellence in public service in 2001, this has now been renewed. The school also has the Schools Curriculum Award. Balwearie is known for having a large sciences department as well as a STEM programme started by former rector Dr James More which involves 6th year sciences students visiting catchment primary schools to encourage future Balwearie pupils to take an interest in science. Recently pupils in an Alternative Curriculum Group won a Fife Excellence Award and the magazine club won the Scotsman/Royal Bank of Scotland 'Design a Newspaper'. More recently, a Young Enterprise company in the school scooped two of the three trophies. The school is also part of the Erasmus Programme, going on over the two sessions of 2015/16 and 2016/17.

Balwearie is supported by a School Board and a Parent Council – the Balwearie High School Association. The Balwearie High School Association provides volunteers for many of the school's social events, including the biennial School Musical.

The school's motto is "To Strive, to Seek", taken from the final line of Tennyson's Ulysses. The line ends " to find, and not to yield."

In February 2008 the school underwent an inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE). In October/November 2017, a team of inspectors from Education Scotland visited Balwearie High School.