In the inspectorate report of January 2007 the school was praised as having made significant improvements:

 

• The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) is providing effective leadership and is encouraging the development of professional debate designed to improve the quality of teaching and the pupil's learning.
   

• Sound processes are in place to guide teaching and learning.
   

• The results obtained by pupils in external examinations in 2006 have improved significantly in most subjects.
   

• The school has made a sound beginning to monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and extent of pupils learning.
   

• The dissemination of good practice is occurring with good effect within an increasing number of departments.
   

• The pupils are developing well their literacy and numeracy  skills in English and Mathematics lessons, and across the curriculum.

 

The main areas for further improvement include the need:

 

• To increase the use of, and to raise standards in, ICT across the curriculum; and
   

• For the SLT to support the staff in becoming more skilled in measuring and finding the evidence of improvement in pupil's learning.
   

The school has made good progress in its agenda fore improvement under the SSP. The inspectorate will continue to monitor the work of the school and report on its progress.

 

 

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