Quality Plan

Our parents’ Standards, Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan (SQAIP) report is published every November

Standards, Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan (SQAIP) for Parents and Carers 2016-17

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DoE practice expeditions
25 Apr 2018

Recently some of our pupils have been out in the wilds of the Borders undertaking their practice Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions. They have been very lucky with the weather with mostly sunny and dry (if not warm!) days. Long distances and heavy rucksacs were borne with a good deal of stoicism though the finishing […]
Jupiter Artland visit
20 Mar 2018

Jupiter Artland has been on our horizon for some time and we were very pleased to have one of their staff come into school to examine with our pupils the concepts behind sculptural art forms. This was then followed by a school visit to Jupiter Artland where, in conjunction with Jupiter Artland’s staff, pupils explored […]
5 Sisters Zoo Trip
27 Feb 2018

On Thursday 8th February the whole school went on a trip to the Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian. The zoo was an ideal location to build on the pupils’ experiences of biodiversity and adaptation, which is part of all the Biology courses they are studying. The pupils and staff really enjoyed this trip. There […]
Zoolab Workshop
9 Feb 2018

On Wednesday 31st January Zoolab visited the school for an animal handling session. The Ranger, Ross, brought in a variety of interesting and exotic animals for pupils to handle and discuss. Amongst the animals were: an Albino Corn Snake, Bearded Dragon, Giant African Snail, a Chilean Rose hair Tarantula and a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. The […]
Drake Music Workshop
9 Feb 2018

We are now half way through our Drake music workshop and those pupils taking part have had a fantastic opportunity to try a variety of instruments with an experienced musician on hand. Pupils are currently working on compiling their own song and have chosen to include drums, guitar and a keyboard in their composition. We […]