High School of Dundee A GSG School
- High School of Dundee
Euclid Crescent
Dundee
DD1 1HU - Head: Mrs Lise Hudson
- T 01382 202921
- F 01382 229822
- E admissions@highsc…oolofdundee.org.uk
- W www.highschool…fdundee.org.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Dundee City
- Pupils: 947; sixth formers: 98
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £11,965 - £16,839 pa (last updated on 07/05/2024)
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
With no competitors in the city, and few within driving distance, the High school retains rather a stuffy image although behind the big pillars, the school is working hard to change that. Unashamedly academic (think lots of doctors and dentists), but also fun, especially under current headship. Even the tarmac playground is being landscaped to soften the school’s appeal. Lovely, bright, well-equipped nursery - and what a genius idea to create it beside the sports pavilion, a 10 minute drive from the...
What the school says...
Dating from 1239, the High School of Dundee is among the oldest schools in the UK. But it is thoroughly modern and refreshingly forward-thinking in its approach. Every child has individual talents and unique potential and our entire educational process ensures that each child’s potential is fully recognised and nurtured. With a focus on real world learning, the help of a curriculum in which timetables are built around individual choices, a vast co-curriculum and extensive pastoral support, our pupils discover who they are, find their confidence and strengths and begin the journey to where they want to be. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Rector
Since January 2020, Lise Hudson MA (history from St Andrews) PGCE. Engaging, reassuring and committed, she is the school’s first female rector. Entire teaching career at the High School, rising through the ranks: ‘I don’t think I ever planned to become the rector, but the chance to become custodian of the school I love was too hard to resist.’
Teaching was always on the cards: ‘I was always the big sister at home and I was the agony aunt at school - the bossy one!’ Parents love her: ‘She has everybody’s concerns at heart’, ‘always listens to feedback’ and ‘always trying to improve and progress the school’.
She’s faced big challenges since taking over post Covid, with ‘long overdue’ redundancies and readjustments having caused a stir. But most...
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Special Education Needs
While we do cater for a lot of the listed learning difficulties, our capacity to cater to these varies depending on the individual needs of the child and the severity of their condition. We address each of these on a case-by-case basis. The Learning Support Department works closely with the school management and class teachers to provide additional support 'mild to moderate specific learning difficulties' (dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, mild Aspergers). The nature of the support can range from minimal and short term to complex and long term. The staff in the department work with pupils both in the Junior and Senior School. Learning Support (LS) staff employ a number of inter-related strategies to support pupils by: working in collaboration with other staff to ensure that the curriculum is challenging yet accessible to all; working in co-operation with colleagues to deliver the curriculum as effectively as possible and helping individual pupils. LS staff monitor and assess pupils with specific learning difficulties/dyslexia; provide varying degrees of curriculum support and assessment arrangements and support the development of literacy skills as well as paired reading and before school spelling clubs. Additionally, supported study facilities are available after school. When a need has been identified we liaise with parents. Additionally we liaise with parents, school staff and external agencies, where appropriate, at the stages of transition, e.g. Junior/Secondary; Form 2/3 subject choice; Prelim and SQA exam arrangements; Form 5/6 UCAS applications.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
Y |
| Not Applicable | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
Y |
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Y |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Craigclowan School | 2024 | 2 |
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