The Royal High School

Overview

The inspection highlights a school community where young people and staff feel "valued and motivated to contribute," driven by "outstanding leadership." The report describes a "highly inclusive" environment where pupils demonstrate "respect, confidence and resilience" and achieve "very high standard of attainment."

Strengths

• "Outstanding leadership" has established a community where staff and pupils are motivated to make "continuous and successful improvements."
• Young people make an "exceptional contribution" to positive change, demonstrating "strong leadership" and a "strong sense of empowerment and ownership."
• A "respectful climate for learning" is "highly inclusive," with staff supporting pupils well and using digital technology "very creatively" to enhance experiences.
• Pupils have a "very strong understanding of diversity and equality," with the ethos that "‘We all belong here’" lived successfully across school life.
• Attainment is at a "very high standard" for all, including those in "challenging circumstances," with S6 results being "very strong."

Areas to improve

• Continue to "raise expectations and challenge in learning for S1 to S3 young people."
• Continue to support young people’s understanding of the skills they achieve across all areas of the curriculum.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s work in "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" is evaluated as "excellent," noting that equity sits at the heart of the school experience.