Monday 23rd February 2026
Apologies for the late post. Response to feedback submitted from HT Update week ending 13/02/26. Gap due to the holiday week. I’ve anonymised some aspects of the feedback to maintain confidentiality.
| My Question | Comment | Suggestion related to the school this week is: | HT’s Response |
| Would it be possible to publish details of the study support classes, including when they take place and which subjects and year groups they support? | I’m sorry, this is surprisingly difficult to organise as teachers and teams tend to begin sessions at different times of the year and can stop classes or sometimes change the offer at relatively short notice. This means I’d be concerned that any list would be out of date pretty quickly. We take the view that as the sessions are aimed at older students they ‘deal directly’ with teachers. However, if parents are concerned about the progress of their child and think extra support might be helpful then we ask they contact their child’s Student Support teacher. They should be able to advise from there. |
| Text messages. Over the last few weeks I’ve had messages to alert me that my son (S5) or his sister (S3) have missed registration for a class and asking me to explain. I then need to get in touch with them and then reply. Both my children have always been in school. You cannot possibly ban mobile phones if there are these errors. Study period seems to be the biggest issue or teachers doing the register to sharp at the start of class as pupils are still arriving. This is disruptive to my children’s day as well as mine. You need a better system in place. | We ask teachers to complete their registers in the first 10 minutes of a lesson. This is designed to ‘catch’ those who arrive a wee bit late.
Mrs Yule is working on the collation of the mobile phone consultation I’ll make sure this point is included. I’ll also discuss the specific detail you’ve raised with your children’s Student Support Teacher. Sometimes, often when it’s a cover class, teachers can make a mistake with recording class attendance. Apologies if that has been the case. |
| We’ve received my son’s coursing recommendations and we’d really like to know what ‘Other subject in faculty’ means? For both maths and computing science Recommendation 1 is ” – Other subject in faculty”. Does it mean that he is not recommended for a NAT4 or NAT5 in these subjects?
Thank you! |
If you look along the row in the letter you should see the ‘other subject’ that is being recommended. That is generally a subject that is not a Nat 4 or 5. It reflects our wide curricular offer in S4 and is usually a related Level 4 or 5 course, often with a different method of assessment. Often this is a Level 5 course without an exam. I’ve passed your comment to your son’s Student Support teacher and will ask them to talk to him in the first instance then give you a call. |
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