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Berwickshire High School School Handbook 2021-22 BERWICKSHIRE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL HANDBOOK 2021-22 SCHOOL DETAILS Rector: Mr Bruce Robertson Address: Berwickshire High School, Langtongate, Duns, Berwickshire, TD11 3QG Telephone: 01361 883710 Email: [email protected] Website: berwickshirehighschool.co.uk 1 WELCOME FROM THE RECTOR On behalf of the staff and students at Berwickshire High School, a very warm welcome to you. Berwickshire High School is a rural state comprehensive, located in the east of the Scottish Borders. We have a student role of around 680 and a staff of around 100. We have five partner primary schools: Chirnside, Coldstream, Duns, Greenlaw and Swinton. We are a hugely ambitious school which sets high standards for everything we do. This includes the quality of our curriculum and of teaching, the support we offer our students, and our expectations for student effort and behaviour. Striving for the very best is what we are all about. As of August 2020, our school is under new leadership. We have moved quickly to address areas identified in the previous year's inspection as requiring improvement. As a result, our school today is a very different one from what it was then. We have embarked on a programme of radical transformation, with our vision is to become the best state secondary schools in the country, offering our students an education which rivals that in any other school. This handbook has been written for parents and perspective parents. It contains information we think will be of interest to you. You can find out more about Berwickshire High School on our school website: berwickshirehighschool.co.uk I look forward to meeting and working with you in the near future. Bruce Robertson, Rector August 2020 2 WELCOME FROM THE STUDENT HEAD TEAM This is a message from Joana Gaspar, Lewis Barker, Mariah Rong, Dior Slater and Martha Beattie, your new Head Team. We are really excited to represent this school, to give back to a place that has given so much to us. This year, we have moved away from the old Head Boy/Girl and Deputy Head Boy/Girl structure in favour of a general Head Team, where each of us plays a role in making Berwickshire High School the best it can be for students, parents, staff, and the community. So far, the Head Team has worked with our new Senior Prefects (Ailsa Dewar, Jessica Scott, Finlay Hamilton, Liam Brown, Sophie Scott and Gaby Gracey) to arrange Prefects in and out of school. We have introduced a new idea where we have Prefects keeping an eye out on students down the street, to ensure minimum disruption to our community, and to ensure that the behaviour of our students reflects the excellent standard of the Berwickshire High School. However, this is only the beginning. So far, our ideas include bringing back mental health ambassadors, organising an S6 day which promotes learning and bonding, and increasing student voice through installing a suggestion box and holding regular Student Council meetings. We also have a lot more in store for the future. To achieve these goals, we will work closely with Mr Robertson (our new Rector), the Senior Leadership Team, Mrs Hughes (who is in charge of promoting student leadership, participation and achievement), Mrs Morrison (who does a fantastic job with the House System), and other staff and students. Our committees this year include Charities, Communication, Yearbook, Sports, Prom and Social. Following a competitive applications process, we have selected Matthew Baker as Head of the Charities Committee, Wasim Younus as Head of Communications, Olivia Taylor as Head of Yearbook, Heather Kinghorn as Head of Sports, Matthew Duxbury and Lauren Watson as joint Head of Prom, and Toby Kershaw and Archie Fuller as joint Head of the Social Committee. Despite the restrictions imposed due to Covid-19, we are certain that they will still do a fantastic job, albeit, in a slightly different way to normal. Finally, we want to leave a legacy behind and be remembered as a Head Team that helped bring about positive changes to this school. In particular, we’d like to connect more with the younger years to inspire future leaders. We hope to make the Berwickshire High School a warm, welcoming, place that ensures everyone can learn, achieve, and contribute the best they can. We hope that everyone here will become outstanding individuals. 3 CONTENTS Page Vision, Aims & Values 5 General Information 6 Staff 7 Senior Leadership Team 9 Extended Leadership Team 10 Transition from Primary to Secondary 11 Curriculum 12 The S4-6 Curriculum 13 Teaching Approaches 14 Assessing, Tracking & Reporting Progress 16 Support for Students 17 Enhanced Provision 23 Student Leadership, Participation & Achievement 24 Student Behaviour 26 School Session 2020-21 27 Enrolment 28 Administrative & Statutory Information 29 Medical Arrangements 33 4 VISION, AIMS & VALUES VISION Our vision is to be the best state secondary school in Scotland. By this, we mean in terms of: 1. The quality of teaching we offer 2. The support, challenge and inspiration we give to our students 3. Everyone enjoying their work and feeling proud of the community they are a part of _____ AIM We aim to create outstanding individuals. By this, we mean students who: 1. Learn, as much as they can 2. Achieve, the very best they can 3. Contribute, to make our school and community better and better _____ VALUES Our vision and aim will be realised through a focus on five core values (CRESS): Committed - we have a mind-set of continuous improvement Respectful - we show respect towards others, our facilities, and ourselves Enthusiastic - we believe you get out what you put in Supportive - there is help when we need it Safe - we look out for each other 5 GENERAL INFORMATION Berwickshire High School is a state secondary comprehensive. The school roll is 654. This is made-up as follows: S1: 108 S2: 120 S3: 121 S4: 133 S5: 96 S6: 76 There are 88 members of staff. Our partner primary schools are Chirnside, Coldstream, Duns, Greenlaw and Swinton. We have an excellent school building and outdoor spaces, which opened in 2009. THE SCHOOL DAY The school day starts at 8:50am. There is a warning bell at 8:45am, which signals when students should make their way to Registration. Timings are as follows: MONDAY TO THURSDAY Registration 08.50 - 08.57 Period 1 08.57 – 09.46 Period 2 09.46 – 10.35 Break 10.35 – 10.50 Period 3 10.50 – 11.39 Period 4 11.39 – 12.28 Period 5A 12.28 – 13.17 (S4-6) and S1-3 Lunch Period 5B 13.17 - 14.07 (S1-3) and S4-6 Lunch Period 6 14.05 – 14.55 Period 7 14.55 – 15.45 FRIDAY Registration 08.50 - 08.55 Period 1 08.55 – 09.44 Period 2 09.44 – 10.33 Break 10.33 – 1053 Period 3 10.53 – 11.42 Period 4 11.42 – 12.31 Period 5 12.31 – 13.20 THE SCHOOL OFFICE The school office is open during term time from 8.30am until 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am until 3.30pm on Friday. Out of hours and during holidays messages can be left by ringing our absence line - 01361 884844. 6 STAFF TEACHING STAFF Languages & Literacy Sciences Miss R Currie (Principal Teacher) Mrs J Addie (Principal Teacher) Mrs C Farmery Dr S Barker Mrs S Hughes (PT SLPA) Miss G Morison Mr D Huffman (PT Pedagogy) Mr S Watson Mrs E Allan Miss J Gavana (NQT) Mrs M Thompson Dr M Rogerson Miss S Hanry Mrs L Stokes Mrs S Rowson Mr R Stewart Mr D McArthur (NQT) Expressive Arts Social Subjects Mr C Mabon (Principal Teacher) Miss C Grant (Principal Teacher) Mr H Playfair Mr M Stutt Mrs J Montague Mr H Meadows Mrs S Watt Mrs H Patterson Miss L Bell Mrs N Ralston Miss K McAleece Technologies Mathematics & Numeracy Mrs G Marchand (Principal Teacher) Mrs S Brown (Principal Teacher) Ms E Brotherston Mr D Simpson Ms K Parker Mrs C Kenneally Mrs N Brown Ms C Navarro NQT Mrs P Yates Mr D McArthur NQT (Maths/Physics) Mr P Gibson NQT Health & Wellbeing Student Support Mr R Harvey (Principal Teacher) Mr C Ash (PT Pastoral - Scott) Miss A Robb Mr J Fleming (PT Pastoral – Douglas) Mrs G Taylor Mrs L Kennedy (PT Pastoral - Home) Mrs D Morrison Mr C Gracey (PT DYW) Mr C Murray Mrs K Huffman (PT Support for Learning) Mr R Campbell NQT Mr R Smith (PT Complex Needs) Ms A R Castelblanco Mrs J Boyle Mrs K Cuthers Mrs P Grant Mrs R Shields Mr J Tennent 7 BUSINESS SUPPORT STAFF TECHNICIANS Business Manager Mrs A Merryfield Science Mrs F Gourlay Admin Assistants Ms S Bunyan Mrs M McMillan Mrs F Turnbull Design & Technology Mr B Pratt School Assistants Mrs L Cleland Mrs M Gregory INSPIRE ANA Home Ec Auxiliary Mrs L Rhind Mrs A Lindsay Librarian Mr I Bain Catering Supervisor Ms N Lothian PSAs Miss D Hills (Douglas) STUDENT SUPPORT STAFF Mr J Nevin (Scott) Classroom Support Complex Needs Mrs C Wood (Home) ANAs ANAs Ms F Bell Mrs L Haste Mrs A Cruickshank Mrs D Jones SCHOOL FACILITY STAFF Ms S Dickson Ms K Lackenby Facility Manager Mr R Cleghorn Mrs S Shiell Mrs R Lister Cleaning Supervisor Mrs H Warnock Ms M Smith Ms T McGregor Head Janitor Mr R Maxwell Mr W Redpath Mrs M Rato Janitors Mr N Brack Miss A Simpson Mr J Pigg Mrs I Trace 8 SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM Our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) comprises the Rector, two Depute Rectors, and our Business Manager.
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