This section of the website was last updated February 2025.
Welcome to the Faculty of Languages
Please click below to see information about our specific subjects.
English
Modern Languages
Additional Qualifications
Our Progression Pathways
Our Faculty Vision Statement:
Kind in Action, Happy in Participation, and Successful in Achievement.
Our Faculty Value Statements
We are Kind in Action, consistently demonstrating Respect in all our interactions.
We are Happy in Participation, valuing Hard Work and creating a supportive environment for everyone.
We are Successful in Achievement, driven by Ambition and collaborative effort to reach our goals.
Meet the Team
Mr McEwan (Faculty Head of Languages & Teacher of English)
Mrs Avery (Teacher of English, Mon-Wed, Friday)
Ms Coffield (Teacher of English, Mon-Wed)
Mrs L Coggill (Principal Teacher Support for Learning & Teacher of English)
Mr Lavelle (Teacher of English)
Ms Letford (Teacher of English & Teacher within the LCSC)
Mr Lockie (Teacher of French, Spanish & German)
Miss Kennedy (Teacher of English)
Miss Barclay (Teacher of English)
Mr Skelton (Teacher of English & Teacher within the LCSC)
The Senior Leader Link for the Faculty of Languages is Mr McConnachie, the Head Teacher.
Our Classrooms
The Faculty of Languages is primarily based between Rooms 30 to 34 on the second floor (the Languages corner) including our main display boards, but we also have room use elsewhere depending on need. Our classrooms are bright, airy and welcoming.
Our ‘Languages Notices’ and ‘Meet Our Teachers’ boards are in the Languages area on the second floor.
The English Staff Base is on the first floor.
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Our Faculty Improvement Targets for 2025-26
Literacy Attainment: TBC
Educational Attainment: TBC
Educational Experiences: TBC
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Our Faculty Improvement Targets for 2024-25
Literacy Attainment: Demonstrable improvements in young people’s literacy, with measurable improvement and progress in S3 levels and S4-S6 whole school literacy levels.
Self-assessment: Strongly overtaken in 2024-2025 with marked improvement in S3 literacy attainment. Awaiting further information on whole school Senior literacy measures as-and-when released by the Government.
Educational Attainment: Improved outcomes in National Qualification results across S4-S6, with a focus on National 5 English passes at A-C, Higher English passes at an A grade, and National 5 Spanish passes at A-C.
Self-assessment: Strongly overtaken in 2024-2025 with marked improvement in National exams in both English and Spanish, with a marked rise in A grades for all exams.
Educational Experiences: Ensuring all learners access a challenging, supportive curriculum tailored to meet their needs. We will undertake learning, for example on formative assessment, and apply this within the classroom. We will then assess ourselves using cross-marking, classroom visits and professional discussion.
Self-assessment: After two rounds of internal observation – and a formal ‘VSE’ from our senior leadership – the Faculty has identified strong areas of good practice and will target clear areas for improvement.
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Our Faculty Vision Statement:
Kind in Action, Happy in Participation, and Successful in Achievement.
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