Clydebank High School

Overview

The inspection team found that the headteacher leads the school “very effectively,” demonstrating “strong, strategic and thoughtful leadership.” Staff work collaboratively to create a “nurturing and caring ethos,” ensuring young people learn in a “very supportive and safe environment.” The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• The headteacher has “very successfully created an empowering culture of staff leading change across the school.”
• A “highly proactive staff team” meets young people’s wellbeing and learning needs “very effectively” through strong partnerships.
• Staff have “successfully increased the range of courses and programmes on offer,” helping to meet diverse learning needs.
• Positive approaches to literacy, numeracy, and equity are “supporting improved attainment” across all secondary stages.
• Evaluations for leadership, learning, teaching, and wellbeing were all rated as “very good.”

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should “continue as planned to work with teachers to develop further the quality of teaching across the school.”
• Senior leaders should “continue with their approaches to raising attainment.”
• All staff should “continue to work with partners to improve the attendance of a few young people.”

Safeguarding

The report states that young people are learning in a “very supportive and safe environment” within a “nurturing and caring ethos.”