Craigmount High School

Overview

The inspection team found that the headteacher provides "highly effective strategic leadership" within an "empowered culture" where staff and young people lead improvements. Young people are described as "welcoming, mannerly and articulate," benefiting from a strong sense of inclusion and positive relationships. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• Leadership is "highly effective," fostering an "empowered culture" with meaningful opportunities for staff and pupils to drive school improvements.
• Staff foster a "strong sense of inclusion" built on "mutually respectful and positive relationships," placing wellbeing at the heart of the school’s work.
• Staff use digital technology "creatively to engage and motivate learners" with interesting contexts for learning.
• There is a "relentless focus on ensuring young people attain and achieve," supported by "well-developed and robust approaches" to checking progress and using data effectively.

Areas to improve

• Staff should continue to develop and share effective practice widely regarding learning, teaching, and assessment, ensuring tasks are "appropriately challenging to meet the needs of all."
• Plans should continue to review programmes of learning from S1-S3 to ensure all young people experience "rich learning experiences."
• Staff should support young people to better understand the role wellbeing plays in all aspects of their lives to help them identify personal strengths.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the wellbeing of young people lies at the heart of the work of the school," which enhances their sense of personal worth and helps them feel "recognised, valued and part of a community."