Our shared story Origins 1874 (1893 on this site) Merged with Ruthrieston Originally a school for orphaned girls Harlaw Academy since 1974 Aberdeen High School for Girls 900 pupils 100 staff 900 pupils 50 National identities 31 Languagesl Broomhill, Ferryhill Hanover Street, Kaimhill and all other parts of City 1
Our shared identity Shield White Towers Book Blue Lily of valley (protection) White (honesty) Towers (security) Book (education) Blue (calmness) Lily of valley (hope) Learning (improving yourself) Courtesy (thinking of others) Gold (success, being the best you can be) 2
Our shared vision ambitious, excellent and the best we can be Our vision is to be: ambitious, excellent and the best we can be We aim to respect the rights of young people and encourage them to: participate, improve and enjoy success In our relationships and our actions we will show: Respect for People: we consider the health, safety and well being of ourselves and others Respect for Learning: we are on time, on task, trying our best and achieving success Respect for Community: we have a positive impact in school, locally and in the wider world 3
Your opportunities 4
Our shared achievements In February 2018 we gained the Rights Respecting Schools Award at Gold level (the first secondary in UK to do so) We have gained the Silver Sport Scotland Award and are working to achieve the Gold Award in 2019 We gained recognition at the annual Anne Frank Awards for our on-going work to support vulnerable young people We are the largest provider of D of E awards in Aberdeen City. In 2018 pupils gained 11 Gold, 25 Silver and 53 Bronze Our pupils had over 5660 hours of volunteering for Saltire Awards. We also won 4 out of the 10 awards at the 2018 Aberdeen Children and Young People Service Awards 5
Our attainment The graphs show improvement in our attainment over time for Advanced Higher, Higher and National 5. The dip in N3 reflects the widening range of pupils we now have in school. 6
Our accountability In October we produce two documents (full copies on website): Standards and Quality report which includes our self evaluation) School improvement plan The initial report produces our self evaluation which is based on; structured feedback from parents, pupils and staff other measures eg SQA exam results We are scored on a 6-piint scale against National quality indicators - summarised below. From this we produce our improvement plan. 7
Our improvement plan 8
Our plans for people 9
Our plans for learning 10
Our plans for community 11
Our Harlaw 12