Shawlands Academy

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Shawlands Academy in January 2023, finding a school with a "calm, welcoming ethos" that fosters a positive learning environment. The report highlights strong relationships and improving attainment, concluding that the school has the capacity to continue improving without further inspection visits.

Strengths

• A "calm, welcoming ethos" creates a positive environment where young people have a "strong sense of belonging" and diversity is "celebrated widely."
• Young people "participate well in their learning," supporting each other effectively and maintaining "positive and respectful" relationships with staff.
• Attainment is showing "signs of strong improvement" for pupils who choose to stay on at the academy as they progress.
• The school’s work in "Learning, teaching and assessment" and "Raising attainment and achievement" was evaluated as "good."

Areas to improve

• Continue to raise attainment at all stages across the school.
• Continue to embed recently developed approaches to checking how well young people progress and attain.
• Continue to develop the school’s new learning and teaching framework to improve the consistency of learners’ experiences.

Safeguarding

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