Forrester High School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff foster "respectful and positive relationships" which support a "calm and caring climate for learning." However, the report evaluates learning, teaching and assessment as "satisfactory" and raising attainment and achievement as "weak," indicating the school needs "additional support and more time to make necessary improvements."

Strengths

• Staff foster "respectful and positive relationships with young people" that support a "calm and caring climate for learning."
• Senior leaders and staff have a "clear focus on improving learning and teaching," which is beginning to support improved classroom routines.
• Staff offer strategies and opportunities that "promote equity, achievement and help individual young people to progress with their learning."

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and teachers should improve the "consistency and quality of learning and teaching" and better understand national standards to set tasks at the "right level of challenge."
• Senior leaders should improve their "strategic overview of the attainment of young people in S1 – S3" to support progress.
• The school needs to "raise the attainment of young people" by having "higher expectations of all learners" and improving National Qualification passes.

Safeguarding

The report does not explicitly detail safeguarding arrangements, though it notes that staff foster "respectful and positive relationships" within a "calm and caring climate."