Departmental Aims

Braes High Pupil Support Department aims to provide support for pupils who, for a variety of reasons, are experiencing difficulties coping with mainstream education. These difficulties may be associated with their ability to learn – eg difficulties of a dyslexic nature or may be social, emotional and/or behavioural.

The Pupil Support Department:

• offers proactive and co-ordinated support to pupils presenting significant barriers to learning
• contributes to the wider whole-school support system for individuals and groups of pupils
• works with external agencies and Parent/Carers in meeting the needs of individuals and groups
• provides individualised packages of support that address areas of difficulty to enable progress in mainstream education
• contributes to wider school supports, including groupwork, whole class support and staff consultation
• leads the school’s Nurture programme through the Best of You Base and the Shore
• works with the Pastoral Team and external agencies to develop a holistic approach to support learning
• collaborates with primary and Inclusion and Wellbeing Service colleagues to support transitions

Any pupil with significant additional support needs (ASN) will be allocated a Key Teacher from the Pupil Support Department who will take responsibility for co-ordinating the support plans for that young person, in partnership with the House Team. Parent/Carer involvement will be a major feature of any plans.

Please contact Mrs Martin should you have any questions or require any further information

Provision for pupils includes: drop in facilities before school, at interval and lunchtimes; tutorial periods for identified supports; targeted intervention to assist pupils in achieving qualifications; pastoral/listening service working alongside Open Doors service and Pastoral Heads. 

Mrs A Murray is the Key Teacher with lead responsibility for Nurture at Braes High School.