Kinlochbervie High School

Overview

The inspection team found that the headteacher has successfully led a revised vision and values, which have improved the school’s culture and ethos. However, the report identifies significant weaknesses in leadership, learning, teaching, and assessment, alongside unsatisfactory evaluations for wellbeing, equality, inclusion, and raising attainment. Consequently, the school requires additional support and a further inspection within one year.

Strengths

• The headteacher led a revised vision and values that are "relevant and meaningful for young people" and have "improved the culture and ethos within the school."
• There are "good relationships between young people and staff," with pupils learning in "well-resourced, caring environments."
• Senior leaders have developed "a wide range of helpful partnerships" enabling access to activities and experiences beyond the school setting.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders need to improve "strategic leadership of the school," including in learning, teaching, assessment, wellbeing, inclusion, and raising attainment.
• Staff need to "identify and implement the features of high-quality learning and teaching," fully understand assessment roles, and "increase expectations of what all young people can achieve."
• All staff must understand statutory duties relating to inclusion, wellbeing, and equality to ensure "all young people feel valued and included."

Safeguarding

The report states that staff need to "understand fully the statutory duties relating inclusion, wellbeing and equality" to better meet the needs of all young people, noting that the evaluation for "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" was "unsatisfactory."