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Discover the rich history of Harlaw Academy, originally a school for orphaned girls merged with Ruthrieston in 1874, now Aberdeen High School for Girls with over 900 pupils. Our shared vision focuses on being ambitious, excellent, and the best we can be, respecting the rights of young people. The school aims for excellence in education and fosters a supportive community environment. Achievement highlights include the Gold-level Rights Respecting Schools Award and being the largest provider of Duke of Edinburgh awards in Aberdeen. Dive into our accountability through self-evaluation and improvement plans to ensure continuous growth in our standards and quality. Explore our commitment to people, learning, and the community at Harlaw Academy.
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Our shared story Origins 1874 (1893 on this site) Merged with Ruthrieston Originally a school for orphaned girls Harlaw Academy since 1974 Aberdeen High School for Girls 900 pupils 100 staff 900 pupils 50 National identities 31 Languagesl Broomhill, Ferryhill Hanover Street, Kaimhill and all other parts of City
Our shared identity Shield (protection) White (honesty) Towers (security) Book (education) Lily of valley (hope) Blue (calmness) Courtesy (thinking of others) Learning (improving yourself) Gold (success, being the best you can be)
Our shared vision Our vision is to be: ambitious, excellent and the best we can be We aim to respect the rights of young people and encourage them to: participate, improve and enjoy success In our relationships and our actions we will show: Respect for People: we consider the health, safety and well being of ourselves and others Respect for Learning: we are on time, on task, trying our best and achieving success Respect for Community: we have a positive impact in school, locally and in the wider world
Our shared achievements In February 2018 we gained the Rights Respecting Schools Award at Gold level (the first secondary in UK to do so) We have gained the Silver Sport Scotland Award and are working to achieve the Gold Award in 2019 We gained recognition at the annual Anne Frank Awards for our on-going work to support vulnerable young people We are the largest provider of D of E awards in Aberdeen City. In 2018 pupils gained 11 Gold, 25 Silver and 53 Bronze Our pupils had over 5660 hours of volunteering for Saltire Awards. We also won 4 out of the 10 awards at the 2018 Aberdeen Children and Young People Service Awards
Our attainment The graphs show improvement in our attainment over time for Advanced Higher, Higher and National 5. The dip in N3 reflects the widening range of pupils we now have in school.
Our accountability In October we produce two documents (full copies on website): • Standards and Quality report which includes our self evaluation) • School improvement plan The initial report produces our self evaluation which is based on; • structured feedback from parents, pupils and staff • other measures eg SQA exam results We are scored on a 6-piint scale against National quality indicators - summarised below. From this we produce our improvement plan.
