Springburn Academy

Springburn Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive secondary school in the north east of Glasgow. Currently we have around 800 pupils from the local areas of Balornock, Barmulloch, Milton, Possilpark and, of course, Springburn. Springburn Academy’s motto of “Success for All” is the guiding principal for all curricular and wider achievement activities within the school.

Aim

• We aim to respect each other
• We aim to be kind and supportive of each other
• We aim to treat everyone as individuals
• We aim to respect our teachers and all who support us in school
• We aim to help everyone succeed
• We aim to respect everyone’s right to learn
• We aim to complete all homework given
• We aim to have a positive attitude to learning

Springburn Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school. It caters for pupils aged 12-17 and offers a wide range of courses. The school is situated in the north-east of Glasgow and its roll at August 2009 was 1037. In 2002, as part of Glasgow City Council’s “Project 2002”, the school moved into a brand new building with 5 ICT rooms, 8 Science labs, 4 Art & Design rooms, 4 Technical rooms, 3 Home Economics rooms, 3 Physical Education areas and 3 Music Rooms. The well-equipped library also has a number of computers. All school classrooms are equipped with a ceiling-mounted LCD projector and a Smartboard, and have access to computers. In 2005, due to the increase in the school roll, an additional two classrooms were provided and a mezzanine floor was added to the Fuel Zone area. A new multi-gym has also been built.

The library is at the heart of the school. Regular engagement with the library ensures that all pupils are able to develop information literacy (IL) skills, which will help them in subjects throughout the school. A pupil with good IL skills will be able to search for, understand, summarize and present information well.

In addition, reader development activities are designed to encourage “Reading for Pleasure” (reading outside of what is required for school). One of the jobs of the librarian is to ensure that every pupil can find “that book” that will open up the wonderful world of reading for them. Evidence shows that reading for pleasure has a fundamental effect on reading and writing ability, text comprehension, self confidence as a reader and breadth of vocabulary. Put simply, reading makes you more clever!