Peebles High School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Peebles High School in October 2023 and found that the school community demonstrates resilience following previous disruptions. While strong relationships support positive learning experiences, the report concludes that the school requires additional support and time to make necessary improvements, with a further inspection planned within twelve months.

Strengths

• The school community shows resilience in responding to challenges caused by significant disruption.
• Strong relationships between staff and young people result in positive learning experiences, with most pupils being polite and eager to learn.
• Staff in the enhanced provision have created a caring environment that supports effective progress.
• High levels of attainment are maintained for the majority of young people in the senior phase.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff must improve the planning of learning, teaching, and assessment in the Broad General Education to ensure all young people make appropriate progress.
• Staff need to develop a clear understanding of how to identify and respond to individual learning needs.
• Strategic leadership requires improvement, specifically regarding the effective monitoring and evaluation of school work to raise attainment and safeguard all learners.

Safeguarding

The report states that senior leaders must evaluate how well improvement priorities are making a difference to outcomes, noting this is "especially important for the safeguarding of and raising the attainment and achievement of all learners."