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School profile 2019/20

Dunoon Grammar SchoolArea Committee Report December 2019

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School Profile 2018/2019

School Name Dunoon Grammar SchoolSchool Address Ardenslate Road, Dunoon, PA23 8LUHead Teacher David Mitchell

CONTEXT OF THE SCHOOL

Dunoon Grammar School has a very long and distinguished history spanning over 350 years of growth, of which high standards of academic and personal development have been the hallmarks.

Dunoon Grammar School is a mixed sex, interdenominational school which caters for pupils aged from eleven to eighteen years of age and serves the area of Cowal. Catchment is rural in nature and includes two large primary schools in Dunoon and 9 other primary schools.

There are 689 pupils on the school roll. The teaching staff compliment is 58.2FTE. The Senior Leadership Team comprises of the Head Teacher and three Depute Head Teachers. There are 10 Principal Teacher Curriculum and 4 Heads of House (Guidance), The Senior Leadership Team has seen a number of changes during the last 3 years and a new team has been formed.

In our school we are committed to providing appropriate learning opportunities for the young people, both in and out with school, and to secure positive destinations for all of our students. This is done in partnership with parents/carers and takes into account the needs of our young people.

The pupil equity funding for session 2019-20 was £80,000. We have used this money to continue the excellent work that was started last year by our nurture assistant. We have also introduced a structured mental health strategy working with See me and a number of other life coaches.

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Vision and Values

Our VisionWe see Dunoon Grammar School as a school at the heart of our community where we are striving together to achieve excellence.

Our Values Wisdom Justice Compassion Integrity

Furthermore as a learning community we strive to promote the values of: - Respect Honesty Responsibility

Our Aims To provide the best learning experiences for all our learners, using expertise from within and outwith the school To have the highest expectations of all within our learning community so that each individual experiences success and reaches her/his full

potential To provide support systems which nurture the personal growth of each individual within our school community To develop active citizens and responsible stewards of our world

Our staff, pupils, parents/carers and partners have just completed a review of our values. Our new values will be shared with staff, pupils and parents for further comments.

After a full consultation about our school vision statement, majority of stakeholders believe we are now actively living out our vision and are at the heart of community.

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Recognising Wider Achievement

Dunoon Grammar School recognises the need to celebrate wider achievement both within school and out with school.

A member of teaching staff has been allocated the task of tracking the achievements of our young people. These achievements are celebrated in a number a number of ways. Termly, achievement assemblies are held for each year group, the Head Teacher regularly sends out praise letters to our young people and we have House notices boards that highlight achievements.

Our Business and Computing department have developed a large number of enterprising opportunities for our young people including, Apps for Good, YPI and the tenner challenge. The pupils thrive on these opportunities and have won a number of awards. This year our school was recognised for the work that has taken place by being awarded the European Enterprising Schools award. The first Scottish School to receive this award.

SCQF 4

SCQF 5 SCQF 6 SCQF 7 Total

Personal Finance Award 3Work Placement 22Digital Media NPA 11Mentoring 13

Qualification Level

Qualification Name Presenting Centre Number of YP

National 3 Practical Experiences: Construction and Engineering

Argyll College 8

National 4 Early Education and Childcare Argyll College 6National 4 Rural Skills Argyll CollegeNational 4 Hairdressing Argyll College 9National 4 Hairdressing (2yr) Argyll College 1National 4 Construction Crafts Argyll College Awaiting

ResultNational 5 Early Education and Childcare Argyll College 6National 5 Hairdressing Argyll College 7National 5 Maritime Skills Argyll College 4

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Higher Beauty Argyll College 5Higher Health and Social Care Argyll College 10SCQF Level 5 Make-Up Skills NPA Argyll College 9SCQF Level 5 Beauty Skills NPA Argyll College 5Higher Psychology Argyll College 2 x C

3 x D

School Roll

School roll as at Census S4 S5 S6

2018-2019 113 100 91

Literacy and Numeracy – Levels of Attainment

S6 pupils based on the S4 roll

Year

% Level 4 Literacy and Numeracy

% Level 5 Literacy and Numeracy Number in Cohort

Dunoon Grammar School 2017 86.11 62.5 144Virtual Comparator 2017 89.31 65.49 1440Argyll & Bute 2017 85.31 69.48 878National 2017 87.38 63.79 52975Dunoon Grammar School 2018 94.74 66.92 133Virtual Comparator 2018 86.02 59.47 1330Argyll & Bute 2018 89.01 69.54 801National 2018 87.83 65.34 51952Dunoon Grammar School 2019 91.34 70.08 127Virtual Comparator 2019 86.93 61.34 1270Argyll & Bute 2019 90.91 71.03 825National 2019 88.69 65.76 51033

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S5 pupils based on the S4 roll

Year

% Level 4 Literacy and Numeracy

% Level 5 Literacy and Numeracy Number in Cohort

Dunoon Grammar School 2017 93.98 61.65 133Virtual Comparator 2017 85.64 57.67 1330Argyll & Bute 2017 88.48 66.42 807National 2017 87.53 63.34 51836Dunoon Grammar School 2018 89.84 67.97 128Virtual Comparator 2018 86.56 58.13 1280Argyll & Bute 2018 90.64 69.27 833National 2018 88.26 63.17 50932Dunoon Grammar School 2019 83.76 58.12 117Virtual Comparator 2019 88.8 62.74 1170Argyll & Bute 2019 87.21 62.4 782National 2019 87.48 62.63 50271

S4 pupils based on the S4 roll

Year

% Level 4 Literacy and Numeracy

% Level 5 Literacy and Numeracy Number in Cohort

Dunoon Grammar School 2017 92 57.6 125Virtual Comparator 2017 83.36 46.96 1250Argyll & Bute 2017 88.7 53.81 814National 2017 85.49 52.29 50335Dunoon Grammar School 2018 79.82 52.63 114Virtual Comparator 2018 82.89 48.16 1140Argyll & Bute 2018 84.16 48.18 770National 2018 82.61 49.53 49776Dunoon Grammar School 2019 84.96 55.75 113

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Virtual Comparator 2019 81.95 47.7 1130Argyll & Bute 2019 77.93 50.44 793National 2019 82.05 53.38 51234

School Leaver Destination Returns (SLDR)4

Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18Number of Total Leavers 149 157 149 125

Number of Young People entering Higher Education (%) 38.9% 38% 35.57% 46.4%

Number of Young People entering Further Education (%) 22.1% 22% 22.82% 26.4%

Number of Young People entering Training (%) 4% 1% 5.37% 2.4%

Number of Young People gaining Employment (%) 28.2% 31% 29.53% 18.4%

Number of Young People gaining Voluntary Work (%) 0% 0% 0% 0%

Number of Young People entering Activity Agreements (%) 2% 1% 0.67% 0%

Number of Young People - Unemployed Seeking (%) 4% 5% 2.01% 1.60%

Number of Young People - Unemployed Not Seeking (%) 0.7% 3% 4.03% 4%

Number of Young People - Unknown (%) 0% 0% 0% 0.8%

Total number of young people in a Positive Destination (%) 95.3% 92% 93.96% 93.6%

Total number of young people in Other Destination (%) 4.7% 8% 6.04% 6.4%

Total number of young people in a Positive Destination (%) Authority Average 93.1% 92.91% 94.66% 95.01%

Total number of young people in Other Destination (%) Authority Average 6.9% 7.09% 5.34% 4.99%

Total number of young people in a Positive Destination (%) National Average NA 93.34% 93.72% 94.40%

Total number of young people in Other Destination (%) National Average NA 6.68% 6.28% 5.60%

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(Insight: National –Leaver Initial Destinations)

Attainment for all – S6 performance based on S4 roll (Complementary Tariff)

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Attainment vs Deprivation (against the Virtual Comparator) - S6 performance based on S4 roll (Complementary Tariff)

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Overview

Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19% change in Roll over 5

years

Roll (as at census) 775 735 716 670 679 -12.39%

Clothing and Footwear Grant (number of pupils) 168 118 137 107 115

Clothing and Footwear Grant (% of number of pupils) 21.7% 16.1% 19.1% 15.97% 16.36%

Clothing and Footwear Grant (%) - Authority Average5 15.60% 14.31% 12.98% 11.77% 14.59%

Free School Meals (number of pupils) 121 96 120 87 88

Free School Meals (% of number of pupils) 15.6% 13.1% 16.8% 12.99% 12.52%

Free School Meals (%) - Authority Average 10.8% 11.2% 10.53% 9.45% 11.31%

Free School Meal - National Average for Secondary Schools (%)6 15.0% 14.2% 14.1% 14.40% Not

available FSMCG % based on whole school figures for session

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Attendance, Absence and Exclusions7

Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19Range of

Attendance (%) over 5

years8

Attendance:Attendance (% of school roll) 92.12% 91.6% 91.13% 90.15% 91.21% -0.91%Authorised Absence (% of school roll)8 5.33% 5.46% 5.80% 5.90% 6.34%

Unauthorised Absence (% of school roll) 2.51% 2.92% 3.04% 3.90% 2.41%

Attendance Number of Pupils (%) - Authority Average 92.64% 91.8% 91.58% 91.24% Not yet published

Attendance Number of Pupils (%) - National Average7 93.7% not collated

Not yet published

Not collated

Not yet published

Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19

Exclusions:Exclusion Openings - number 102 61 79 105 110Exclusion Incidents - number 36 24 29 33 33 Number of Pupils 28 19 22 21 20

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Footnotes

Data will be anonymised to protect individuals where there are fewer than 5 pupils and or presentations.

4 SLDR data is published by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) on behalf of The Scottish Government. The year runs from 1st August to 31st July each year and the data is collected on the 1st Monday in October each year. The data shown in this profile is the initial data collected.

Higher Education includes HNC, HND and Degree courses Further Education includes Access, NPAs and Highers Training includes Employability Stage Funds 2 and 3 (previously called Get Ready for Work) Employment includes Modern Apprenticeships and any employment over 16 hours per week Voluntary includes Barnardos, Oxfam, Red Cross and community based volunteering Activity Agreements are for young people who are furthest removed from employment/training/education that are receiving mentoring

support from a Trusted Professional Unemployment includes those young people who can’t work through ill health, are caring for others or are pregnant

5 Please note that Authority Clothing Grant and Free School meal information prior to 2017/18 was extracted from SEEMiS Vision. Data from 2017/18 is extracted from the SEEMiS Business Intelligence Reporting tool.

6 National Averages for FSM have been taken from Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living, June 2019 Edition (Table 1b).

7 Attendance, Absence and Exclusion information is now collected on a biennial basis by Scottish Government. Data was collected in August for session 2017/18 and was published in the Summary Statistics for school in Scotland, No 8: 2018 Edition. Please note that Attendance and Exclusion information prior to 2017/18 was extracted from SEEMiS Vision. Data from 2017/18 is extracted from the SEEMiS Business Intelligence Reporting tool.

8 Authorised absence includes bereavement, short – term exceptional domestic situations, religious observance, weddings of immediate family. Unauthorised absence includes truancy, unexplained absence and most family holidays during term time. Attendance and absence is outlined in Management Circular 3.03.