Park Mains High School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Park Mains High School in November 2022 and found that the school is establishing a positive culture of aspiration. The report evaluates both 'Learning, teaching and assessment' and 'Raising attainment and achievement' as 'good', noting that the school has the capacity to continue improving without further inspection visits.

Strengths

• Strong leadership from the headteacher and senior team is "establishing a culture of aspiration" that is "increasingly engaging young people more effectively in their learning."
• There are examples of "strong practice in learning and teaching," where effective methods provide learning that is "creative, active, challenging, and well-paced."
• Young people are developing skills through a "wide variety of opportunities to learn, attain and achieve," with achievements being "celebrated widely" to motivate them.

Areas to improve

• Maintain a focus on high-quality learning and teaching to ensure it meets the needs of all learners, as identified in the school improvement plan.
• Continue to improve attainment, specifically by "building on recent improvements in young people’s attainment in numeracy."
• Develop staff skills at all levels in "using information and data to inform and evaluate priorities for improvement."

Safeguarding

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