Uddingston Grammar School

Overview

The inspection team found that Uddingston Grammar School benefits from a headteacher who is "highly regarded across the school community" and empowers staff to lead change. Young people are described as "respectful, confident and proud of their school," benefiting from strong relationships with staff that create a "calm, inclusive learning environment." The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• The headteacher empowers staff to lead change, developing initiatives that support young people to "attain and achieve."
• Young people benefit from "strong, nurturing relationships with staff," fostering a calm and inclusive atmosphere.
• The Vision Support Team ensures young people with visual impairments become "increasingly independent" and confident.
• Young people requiring additional support benefit from "high quality support," resulting in strong progress and attainment.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should "streamline the key priorities for improvement" to ensure staff understand how they contribute to improved outcomes.
• Teachers should develop a "wider range of approaches to high quality teaching and assessment," including better planning and moderation.
• Staff should ensure planning for supports and interventions "align fully with national guidance," ensuring entitlements from S1 to S3 are fully experienced.

Safeguarding

The report states that young people benefit from "strong, nurturing relationships with staff" which helps create a "calm, inclusive learning environment," and notes that the evaluation for ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion is "good."