Wester Hailes High School

We are committed to establishing Wester Hailes as a centre of excellence within our Community. Our culture is one that is ambitious and we promote and support high attendance, achievement and attainment. We are very proud of the positive relationships between and among staff and students.

We place learning, at the centre of all we do, believing that in the right environment everyone can learn and grow.

We nurture and promote partnerships between staff, students, parents and the community to encourage all learners to be the best they can be. We are inclusive, embrace diversity and respect everyone as equal.

Wester Hailes Education Centre has been awarded the British Council International School Award, which recognises schools which have excelled in the area of international learning.

The atmosphere in the school is warm and welcoming with respectful relationships underpinning engaging and exciting learning experiences. Pupils are encouraged to achieve their potential at all times in order to ensure every young person leaves Wester Hailes, at their exit point, with a portfolio of qualifications, skills, experiences and a knowledge of the job market so that they can enter a sustained, positive destination of further/higher education, apprenticeship or employment.

The success of our school is built on the partnership of pupils, parents, staff and the wider community and we are very proud of our school and the community we serve.With your help, we know that we are well-placed to offer our young people opportunities to realise their ambitions whilst also encouraging them to give something back.

The new curriculum aims to raise standards of attainment and prepare our students for a future in a fast changing world.

To encourage the students to be responsible for their own learning the students each have a member of staff who mentors them. This happens during tutor time each morning. Students are interviewed on a regular basis to discuss their progress. From the discussion agreement is reached about short term targets for the student. The students then work on strategies to achieve their targets over the next month and this is discussed at their next mentoring meeting.

The success of our school is built on the partnership of pupils, parents, staff and the wider community and we are very proud of our school and the community we serve.With your help, we know that we are well-placed to offer our young people opportunities to realise their ambitions whilst also encouraging them to give something back.

Religious observance will provide experiences, which will be meaningful to all pupils and staff, aiding their spiritual development. The school community comprises staff, pupils and families from a variety of faith, backgrounds and worldviews. This diversity will be valued and considered when planning acts of religious observance.

The aims of religious observance are defined as “To promote the spiritual development of all members of the school community; To express and celebrate the shared values of the school community” Religious Observance Review Group Report.

“Includes being helped to recognise, reflect upon and develop a deeper understanding of the value and worth of each individual” Religious Observance Review Group Report. A Curriculum for Excellence encourages each individual within a school community to develop as “a successful learner, confident individual, responsible citizen and effective contributor”

“Where the school, whether denominational or non-denominational, is continuous with a faith community, that community’s faith in the “focus of worship”, may be assumed and worship may be considered to be appropriate as part of the formal activity of the school. Where, as in most non-denominational schools, there is a diversity of beliefs and practices, the review group believes that the appropriate context for an organised act of worship is within the informal curriculum as part of the range of activities offered for example by religions, groups, chaplains and other religious leaders.