Our Vision
St Machar Academy Vision
In this diverse and multicultural school community, we teach that we all have unique talents and great potential for doing well in the world. In this context, the development and delivery of Curriculum for Excellence is focused on achieving the St Machar Vision as stated below:
We will deliver:
The highest levels of attainment and achievement for every individual young person
Positive aspirational destinations for all our young people as they leave school
We will do this through:
Teaching and Learning
Our staff will deliver high quality learning experiences that take into consideration the needs of every individual by providing opportunities to engage with active and collaborative learning, whilst considering individual learning needs.
We use Assessment is for Learning strategies combined with high quality feedback and robust tracking systems to monitor and evaluate pupil progress across the curriculum.
We create a learning culture of the highest aspirations and motivation; where all young people are encouraged to be fully engaged and motivated to take responsibility for their own learning and set themselves challenging but achievable targets.
Through a consistent approach to learning intentions and success criteria in every lesson, all pupils can make excellent progress from their prior levels of attainment and develop skills that lead to positive sustained destinations.
Opportunities for Personal Achievement
All staff will provide outstanding and varied personal achievement opportunities within and beyond the school day to develop skills for life learning and employability.
Learners are supported and challenged to grasp the wide range of opportunities offered in our school and wider community. Their successes are recorded, recognised and celebrated.
We develop high quality partnerships to enable our curriculum to offer the widest range of academic and vocational courses to ensure all young people are given the opportunity to maximise their potential.
Personal Support
All staff know each young person's learning needs and put in place coherent support which allows them to thrive, attain and achieve within our school.
Our staff and partners know our learners and creatively use differentiated approaches and support to meet the needs of all learners.
Our staff provides universal and targeted support to articulate individual progress and identify next steps leading to positive destinations.
Our young people experience an inclusive approach to learning in every learning area.
Partnership and Family Learning
We work together with families, community and partners to promote opportunities for learning and appropriate support and challenge for young people.
Our home school inks are extremely important to us, we build positive relationships with parents and carers of our young people.
We provide opportunities for our families to be involved in the life of the school and the achievements and progress of our young people.
We strive to maintain effective communication between the school, families and wider partnerships to support our young people and lead to improved outcomes for all.
Ethos & Life of the School
We celebrate our diversity, nurture personal growth, encourage responsibility leading to high standards and expectations and a strong sense of pride and school spirit.
Through positive and supportive relationships based on mutual trust and respect, we raise attainment and achievement for all our learners in an inclusive environment.
The voice of our young people is central to the ongoing improvement and success of our school.
Professionalism & Professional Development
Our staff are committed to self-evaluation and career-long professional learning and development to stay at the forefront of cutting edge thinking and practice to the benefit of our pupils.
Our staff share good practice through classroom observation, improvement groups, listening to the pupil voice and professional dialogue both within our school and with colleagues in other establishments.
Our school continues to create leadership opportunities for all stakeholders to ensure high quality learning experiences and raise attainment.