Working Together to Deliver an Excellent Education
Last updated | 18/04/2008
LEADERSHIP LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE TOGETHER
We believe that staff, pupils, parents and the wider community all have a key role to play in working together to achieve excellence in our schools. Our vision is for Perth and Kinross to be the best environment in which to learn, work and live. We want all learners to achieve to their full potential by becoming responsible citizens, successful learners, effective contributors and confident individuals.
We believe that we can achieve our vision by establishing the best environment for learning and by setting clear standards that we expect all to aspire to meet. These key standards are set out in the leaflets below. The key standards are:
Each of the standards supports the delivery of the
policy framework launched in January 2007. The core policies supported by the standards are those on
Learning: Realising Potential [pdf 356KB],
Leadership and Management [pdf 342KB] and
Communication and Consultation. Each standard has been mapped to the key features of very good practice set out in the revised version of
How Good is our School? The standards leaflets also form the basis of the approach to school self-evaluation and improvement planning processes adopted here in Perth and Kinross.
The
Standard for Learning: Realising Potential [pdf 236KB] focuses on ensuring all learners have access to the highest quality learning activities. We believe that we can achieve this by ensuring that the curriculum, teaching, learning and arrangements for
meeting learners' needs are all of at least a very good quality.
We also believe that we all have a responsibility to provide appropriate levels of leadership in schools. Everyone has a leadership role to play. For teaching staff this leadership role is undertaken principally in leading learning in the classroom and supporting whole school developments. However, promoted staff, pupils,
parents and members of the community also have responsibilities and provide leadership in a range of contexts. The
Standard for Leadership [pdf 343KB] sets out the key components of very good practice.
The final standard relates to the importance of working together to secure improvement. The
Standard for Working Together [pdf 337KB] sets out the commitments of schools in Perth and Kinross to work together with staff, learners, parents, carers and the community.
The key focus for the future development of education in Perth and Kinross is to secure high levels of attainment and achievement for all through strong leadership that has a clear focus on delivering the highest quality learning experiences for all.
