Changes to be made to school day at Kingussie High School
The school day is to start and finish slightly earlier soon at the strath's biggest school.
The revisions to the school timetable at Kingussie High School will come into effect next month.
Headteacher Ian Adamson said in correspondence to parents and carers: "After consultation with pupils, staff and parents we have decided to make a change to the structure of the school day.
"At the moment we have three 20 minute periods at the end of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday which we use for personal support time.
"During pupil voice sessions, the overwhelming majority of pupils told us that they don’t value this time and that they felt that it was not productive for them.
"We have decided to change to registration classes in the mornings where there will be 12 minutes allocated each day.
"The purpose of this time will be to ensure that all pupils are registered accurately, pupils are organised and ready for the day ahead, information and opportunities can be shared with pupils and register teachers will be first line guidance.
"This will mean a small tweak to the school day with each day starting slightly earlier and ending earlier on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday."
At the change of timetable in June the school day will be as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8.38am (start) & 3.35pm (20 minutes earlier);
Thursday: 8.38am (start) and 3.35pm (no change);
Friday: 8.38am (start) 12.30pm (no change).
Mr Adamson said: "I have been monitoring the arrival times of the school buses each morning and as it currently stands all buses arrive between 8.30am to 8.38am.
"In August, Stagecoach will change their timetable to ensure all buses are in school by 8.30am each day to allow pupils to use the toilet before school starts or to purchase some food/drink from the canteen.
"We will share new pick-up times very shortly with you all."
