Lourdes Secondary School

Overview

The inspection team found significant strengths in the school’s work, noting "very good" evaluations for both learning, teaching and assessment, and raising attainment and achievement. Inspectors expressed confidence that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, meaning no further visits will be made in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• "Positive relationships between young people, and young people and staff" support a culture of high expectations where pupils feel valued.
• Young people "know themselves as learners" and can articulate their strengths and next steps.
• "High quality provision for young people with additional support needs within the Learning Zone" helps them attain and achieve well.
• There are "improvements in attainment in the senior school," with pupils outperforming learners with similar needs and backgrounds across Scotland.

Areas to improve

• Continue to ensure young people are able to attain highly across all curricular areas in the broad general education.
• Develop a whole school overview of achievements to plan for skills development more effectively.

Safeguarding

The provided report text does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.