Faculties
English and Literacy
The English faculty at Kinross High School aims to promote excellence in achievement through high quality learning and teaching. The core literacy skills of reading, writing, talking and listening are at the heart of successful learning and we strive to ensure our learners enjoy a wide range of opportunities to develop their skills in these areas.
Expressive Arts
The Expressive Arts Faculty at Kinross High School consists of four subject areas: Drama, Music, Music Technology and Art and Design. As a faculty our curriculum provides learners with a wide range of opportunities to explore performance, creativity and technologies. Our ethos is based on mutual respect and success. We strive to ensure that our young people fulfil their potential by maintaining a positive, supportive and friendly learning environment.
Health and Wellbeing
As a faculty, we strive to provide the highest quality of learning and teaching for all our pupils. We promote the values of a healthy lifestyle which will not only allow our young people to develop essential skills for life, but also to go on to develop successful careers. As well as having opportunities to develop their skills for work, our courses also focus on personal development; pupils learn how to demonstrate respect and tolerance and build positive relationships by working closely with each other.
Maths and Numeracy
Maths and numeracy gives pupils the core skills they need in everyday life and helps us understand the world around us. We aim to ensure that all pupils have the best possible grounding in maths and numeracy so they are able to develop and use valuable mathematical skills.
Modern Languages
The Modern Languages faculty at Kinross High School offers six languages in total: French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Russian and Arabic. Our dedicated and enthusiastic team of staff, led by Mr Struth, aim to offer all pupils a positive language learning experience. Through the skills of talking, listening, reading and writing, we enhance students' ability to communicate with others in a foreign language, to enable them to express their thoughts, feelings and ideas with confidence, and arm them with the knowledge of how language works.
Pupil Support
The Pupil Support faculty encompasses the support, inclusion and pastoral needs of our pupils. Day to day, pupils are supported by the house teams, each of which consists of three key roles, Head of House, Depute Head of House and Pupil Care and Welfare Officer.
Science
Science is about studying the natural world and integrating the lessons learned to improve life for all. We inspire young people with the wonders of Science through the major disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. We provide a calm and purposeful environment with good staff/student relationships and high quality learning and teaching. We embed sufficient practical work to ensure students excel both academically and practically.
Social Subjects
The Social Studies faculty at Kinross High school consists of four subject areas: Geography, History, Modern Studies and RME. Social Studies aims to provide stimulating and relevant learning experiences for learners by developing a sense of identity within the world around them, both past and present. Pupils will experience a range of teaching methods designed to enhance their learning experience and provide challenge. We aim to develop skills that can be used both in learning, life and work such as debate, discussion, critical thinking and working cooperatively.
Technologies
The Technologies Faculty at Kinross High School consists of three subject areas: Business Education, Computing, and Craft, Design & Technology.