Bankton Primary School

Bankton Primary School actively live their values of respect, perseverance, inclusion, cooperation and kindness.

Through learning experiences that have a strong focus on visible thinking, they provide real, relevant contexts for learning to ensure that learners develop confidence and resilience.

Professional learning is a key focus of the school, which has an ethos of trust, self-evaluation, self-reflection and mutual respect. Staff are empowered to lead learning individually, collegiately and through collaboration and enquiry.

There is strong and authentic teacher leadership with a profound effect on teachers as learners and subsequently on the children as learners. One pupil commented, “We are all learners and teachers at Bankton”.

The teachers are empowered to undertake practitioner enquiry through excellent modelling by the leadership team and lead teachers. This sustainable model of enquiry is responsive to community needs in the ever-changing landscape of Scottish education.