Good report card for Kinross High School

Jun 6 2008

INSPECTORS have praised Kinross High for being a “high-attaining school” with good standards of teaching.

In an inspection report published this week, the school was also congratulated for its very good exam results.

The school was inspected in January and February of this year.

Inspectors found that the quality of the curriculum and overall quality of teaching was good. The report said most teachers had a purposeful approach to lessons.

The report added that in English the quality of teaching, provision for meeting learning needs was good.

The quality of students’ performance was very good and high standards were either improving or being maintained.

In mathematics the quality of teaching, pupil’s performance, provision for meeting learning needs and pupils’ experiences were all good, and in modern languages provision was evaluated as very good.

The quality of teaching in physical education was also reported as very good.

At S1/S2 level, almost half of pupils were exceeding appropriate national levels in reading, and a third were doing so in mathematics, inspectors found.

The report said that a common approach across the school towards issues such as healthy eating and projects involving subjects like science and music was offering students “increasingly rich opportunities.”

The school encouraged pupils’ personal and social development very well, and there were considerable opportunities for achievement in sporting, cultural and community activities.

Some pupils had represented Scotland nationally in sport, inspectors noted.

Pupils also developed citizenship skills through year group councils and the school council.

These groups had helped improve the playground, taken the lead on school recycling activities and helped organise a social event for older people.

Inspectors concluded: “Kinross High School was a high-attaining school where almost all pupils were motivated, responsive and well-behaved. Staff and pupils morale was high.”