Our Vision
Our aim is to lead our community in becoming a world-class independent day school, the best in Scotland and beyond.
That means providing rich and deep learning experiences; sector-leading academic, sporting, musical, artistic, cultural and pastoral excellence.
It means best preparing our pupils for life after The Academy and also placing value on the importance of sustainable education for future generations.
It means doing the very best in every way for every child in our care.
We want all of our pupils to thrive and contribute to a rapidly developing modern world and become socially conscious, innovative young people with a global outlook. We want to empower young people to enjoy their individuality, caring for and respecting themselves, others and the world around them.
We are committed to learning from and collaborating with others – past, present, at home and abroad – and developing local, national and global partnerships that enable us to have a greater impact on lives within and out with The Academy community.
We will achieve all of this by developing the school in five key areas: our 5 Academies.
1. Learning Academy
A school that provides young people with learning for life; that provides rich learning experiences in an environment that nurtures creativity, originality and independent thinking; a school that takes every opportunity to learn from others and explore new possibilities.
1. Develop and enhance the curriculum to embrace innovative and creative learning with sector-leading co-curricular and super-curricular provision.
2. Develop the school as a centre of excellence for entrepreneurship, innovation and technology.
3. Establish the school as a centre of excellence for professional educational learning.
4. Develop an educational environment that nurtures reflection, creation, independence and clarity of thought.
5. Establish a global profile as a world leader in education.
2. Community Academy
A school that develops innovative and collaborative partnerships locally, nationally and globally; that empowers young people to have a very significant impact on others in their school community and beyond.
1. Empower pupils to lead community impact programmes.
2. Establish a sports, wellbeing and community learning hub.
3. Expand our co-curricular and super-curricular provision to enhance broader community benefit.
4. Develop innovative and sustainable partnerships to develop social entrepreneurship.
5. Prioritise the engagement of our pupils in volunteer and charity work, and community impact initiatives.
3. Wellbeing Academy
A school that actively promotes and supports health and wellbeing in its community; that empowers its young people to enjoy their individuality caring for and respecting themselves, others and the world around them.
1. Establish world-class practice in supporting mental wellbeing of pupils and staff.
2. Establish world-class practice is supporting physical wellbeing and promoting healthy lifestyles.
3. Establish world-class sports facilities and programmes.
4. Build innovative partnerships to deliver sector-leading elite sports programmes.
5. Enhance the impact of Academy sports and wellbeing programmes and culture on young people outwith The Academy.
4. Global Academy
A school that has a truly global outlook, and embraces diversity; that thinks beyond, challenges global problems and sees opportunity in change.
1. Establish the school as a world-class provider of Early Years education.
2. Deliver sector-leading professional learning and research in collaboration with global partners.
3. Create a programme of global learning opportunities accessible for all of our pupils.
4. Develop a global outlook in all of our pupils that embraces diversity.
5. Prioritise pupil leadership in tackling global, socio-economic and environmental goals through key partnerships.
5. Eco Academy
A school that cares and takes responsibility for its impact on the world around us; that empowers young people to lead the way in bringing about environmental change and future-proofing our planet.
1. Empower pupils to develop our school as a sustainable, ecologically responsible organisation.
2. Embed sector-leading sustainable education in our curriculum.
3. Embed sector-leading reduction of resource and energy use.
4. Develop the school as a centre of excellence for conservation, ecology and biodiversity.
5. Develop overseas conservation and wildlife partnerships and projects.