Wednesday January 14th 2026
Kings Park Secondary School
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Sarah Hilley
A Glasgow high school has scored ‘very good’ during an inspection over its performance to ensure pupil’s wellbeing and equality and leadership of change.
Fifty five per cent of pupils attending Kings Park Secondary had additional support needs and 32 per cent received free school meals in 2024 while 27 per cent had English as an additional language.
The southside school, which also earned a ‘good’ rating for teaching and attainment saw forty percent of students making a placing request to attend.
Head teacher Kirsty Ayed said they were “absolutely thrilled” about the inspection report in the school newsleter.
Councillor Christina Cannon, city convener for education and early years – who is “delighted” with the report – said: “This is a very welcome, positive report that highlights the many strengths of the school including the highly effective leadership of the headteacher and the support of school staff.
“Inspectors have experienced the strong ethos of the school during their visit that underpins the commitment of teachers to nurture, support and enable young people to have the best learning environment which allows them to flourish.
“Well done to the school, young people and their families – they will rightly be proud of this report.”
Commenting on leadership, the inspection report described the headteacher as “a compassionate and highly effective leader” and said the senior team “work effectively with staff to select appropriate improvement priorities and to manage the pace of change very well”.
Praising opportunities for teenagers to get involved in setting the agenda, the inspection report added: “The leadership of young people is a major strength of the school.”
Awarding the school a good grade for learning, teaching and assessment the report said: “Young people learn in a calm, nurturing and purposeful learning environment. Almost all staff foster caring and mutually respectful relationships with young people. Almost all young people demonstrate positive and respectful behaviours well.”
Inspectors judged the school as ‘very good’ at ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion.
Their report pointed out that “staff and young people organise very strong opportunities to celebrate the diversity of the school community regularly”.
It said children with English as an additional language “make very good progress in their learning” and “senior leaders and staff adopt highly effective strategies to support and develop young people’s sense of wellbeing”.
The school’s progress in raising attainment and achievement was rated as ‘good’.
Commenting on the high number of pupils with additional support needs (ASN) the report said: “The school has a larger proportion of young people with an identified ASN than national data.
“This includes a significant minority of young people who have english as an additional language and a cohort of young people who access support from the specialist provision.
“Most young people with ASN are making good progress from prior levels of attainment.”
It added: “By the end of S3, young people generally attain well at Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) third level in literacy and numeracy. In 2024 to 2025, almost all young people attained CfE third level in literacy and numeracy.”
After their visit to the school, inspectors drew attention to two examples of good practice worth sharing, including efforts to increase attendance and how teenagers get the change to carry out leadership roles.
The Caledonia Centre, which supports 31 young people with moderate
learning difficulties, is also part of the school.
Education Scotland released the inspection findings in December.
Inspection results:
Leadership of change: very good
Learning, teaching and assessment: good
Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion: very good
Raising attainment and achievement: good
