Kirkcaldy High School

Overview

The inspection found that Kirkcaldy High School has strong leadership and a supportive culture where young people feel "safe, valued and included." However, the report identifies significant weaknesses in raising attainment and achievement, leading to a determination that the school requires "additional support and more time to make necessary improvements."

Strengths

• Effective leadership that has developed a culture of working together and a vision for inclusion.
• Recent improvements in learning and teaching, providing a "calm and supportive environment" with high-quality feedback.
• Young people are described as "polite, considerate and respectful," demonstrating strong understanding of school values.
• A sustained focus on wellbeing, ensuring young people feel "valued and cared for" by staff.

Areas to improve

• Involve the school community, particularly young people, more robustly in driving change and improvement planning.
• Improve the pace and challenge of learning to ensure tasks are well matched to the needs of all learners.
• Further develop the use of data to ensure interventions lead to improved attainment, with a specific priority on raising outcomes for S4 to S6 pupils.

Safeguarding

The report states that there is a "strong sustained focus of all staff on supporting and promoting the wellbeing of young people," which leads to them feeling valued and cared for.