Portree High school
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Portree High School is a state co-educational comprehensive school
in Portree
, on the Isle of Skye
in Scotland
. The school currently enrolls 640 pupils and employs 60 teacher
s. The school's catchment area draws from 15 primary schools across Skye and neighbouring Raasay
.
Until late 2008, the school consisted of three buildings - the main building, the Elgin Hostel and the Technical Block, along with about a dozen demountable classrooms
. In 2008, this arrangement was replaced by a new building, constructed by Morrison Construction as part of a regional PPP
scheme to build eleven schools in the Highlands. The demountable classrooms were then removed, and the main building and Technical Block demolished. The Elgin Hostel, however, is a Category B listed building.
The school's curriculum includes provision for Gaelic medium education. In 2006, an HMIe inspection resulted in a report that praised the "positive" relationship between pupils and staff, while criticising "limited" IT
and "very poor" physical education
provisions, and highlighting "significant risks to pupils' health and safety", thanks to poor traffic management outside the school, and a general lack of security.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Portree
Portree
Portree is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses....
, on the Isle of Skye
Skye
Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The school currently enrolls 640 pupils and employs 60 teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
s. The school's catchment area draws from 15 primary schools across Skye and neighbouring Raasay
Raasay
Raasay is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It is separated from Skye by the Sound of Raasay and from Applecross by the Inner Sound. It is most famous for being the birthplace of the poet Sorley MacLean, an important figure in the Scottish literary renaissance...
.
Until late 2008, the school consisted of three buildings - the main building, the Elgin Hostel and the Technical Block, along with about a dozen demountable classrooms
Portable building
A portable building, or demountable building , is a building designed and built to be movable rather than permanently located. A common modern design is sometimes called a modular building, but portable buildings can be different in that they are more often used temporarily and taken away later....
. In 2008, this arrangement was replaced by a new building, constructed by Morrison Construction as part of a regional PPP
Public-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
scheme to build eleven schools in the Highlands. The demountable classrooms were then removed, and the main building and Technical Block demolished. The Elgin Hostel, however, is a Category B listed building.
The school's curriculum includes provision for Gaelic medium education. In 2006, an HMIe inspection resulted in a report that praised the "positive" relationship between pupils and staff, while criticising "limited" IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and "very poor" physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
provisions, and highlighting "significant risks to pupils' health and safety", thanks to poor traffic management outside the school, and a general lack of security.