Excellence Poster

The Journey to Excellence www.hmie.gov.uk Dimension 9 • Promoting positive relationships within a learning, caring and inclusive school community • Supporting children and young people • Providing the whole school community with positive experiences that promote and protect their health • Promoting positive healthy attitudes and behaviours

Dimension 8 • Having their capabilities extended • Being empowered to influence the future development and direction of the school • Giving pupils a voice and enabling them to take responsibility • Being encouraged through a vibrant and progressive school culture and climate

Promotes Well-being and Respect

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Dimension 1 • Learning as personal development – meaningful in the lives of children and young people • Promotion of active learning • Meeting children’s learning needs

Develops a culture of Ambition and Achievement

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Develops a common vision among children and young people, parents and staff

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Values and empowers its staff and young people Dimension 7 • Continuing and critical enquiry • Welcoming challenges • A collective commitment to improvement • Continuous professional development • Being data rich

Dimension 10 • Aiming high • Enabling all children and young people to achieve • Encouraging enterprising attitudes and behaviours

people in the highest quality learning activities Successful Confident Learners Individuals Effective Responsible Contributors Citizens

Dimension 3 • The nature of the vision • Creating the shared vision • Sustaining the shared vision

Focuses on outcomes and maximises success for all learners

Reflects on its own work and thrives on challenge

Dimension 2 • Planning the outcomes of learning • Assessing the outcomes of learning • Reflecting on and recording success based on outcomes • Reporting on success in achieving outcomes

Fosters high quality leadership at all levels

Works in partnership with other agencies and its community

Works together with parents to improve learning

Dimension 6 • Developing parents’ support for their children’s learning • Active involvement of parents in school activities • Collaboration and representation

Dimension 5 • The school in its community • Working with partners to meet the needs of all children and young people • Multi-agency approaches to improve learning • Leadership and co-ordination

PARTNERSHIP

ETHOS AND CULTURE

VISION AND LEADERSHIP

PEOPLE

LEARNING AND TEACHING

| AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE

A RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS AND EARLY EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND ISBN: 0-7053-1082-5

Exploring Excellence

Journeys to Excellence

HOW GOOD ARE WE NOW?

Planning FOR EXCELLENCE

Dimension 4 • Leading learning • Building leadership at all levels • Leading the school community • Guiding change