Education and Schools
Jim Goodall, Head of Schools
& Quality Improvement
The Council's vision for education is contained in its policy paper "Learning to Succeed in Clackmannanshire". This paper, which was developed on a collaborative basis and has been widely disseminated throughout the service, sets out a range of strategic objectives which underpin development work which the service carries out and informs the responses which it makes to government consultations. The service has used the paper to develop a shared sense of direction to which it is hoped that all staff will become committed.
Schools
We maintain nineteen primary schools (seventeen non-denominational and two Roman Catholic) and three secondary schools. All these schools are organised on a non-selective comprehensive basis.
Our schools are firmly committed to the principles laid out in "Learning to Succeed in Clackmannanshire" and to raising standards of attainment for all children, with good results.
Levels of attainment in Clackmannanshire primary schools have been rising steadily over the past five years. We are now helping pupils attain at levels which at least match those in peer schools.
An analysis of the levels of attainment of pupils in 2005 shows that improvements have taken place compared to 2003 and 2004 when pupils' attainment also improved. The percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more awards at level 3 or better at the end of S4 was over 84%; the percentage achieving 5 or more awards at level 4 or better was more than 71% and the percentage achieving 5 or more awards at level 5 or better at the end of S4 rose to 31%. This year on year improvement shows an upward trend in pupils' attainments.
Educational Development Service
This Service plays a key quality improvement and development role in the authority and provides support and challenge to schools in their self-evaluation procedures, in order to ensure a high quality of educational provision across the authority. Quality Improvement Officers also provide pastoral support to schools. There is a Quality Improvement Manager and 4 Quality Improvement Officers, who provide a range of services to primary and secondary schools, and a number of development officers.
Additional Support Needs
Provision is made, so far as possible, in mainstream schools for children with additional support needs. In addition, we maintain two special schools and two support services for pupils with social and behavioural problems. We have specialist provision for children with moderate learning difficulties located within one of our secondary schools.
The Psychological Service
The central goals of the service are to enable individuals to achieve their full potential and maximum independence, meet the needs of parents and carers in respect of psychological needs of children and give support to schools and other agencies involved in providing services to children and young people.
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