Principal Teacher of Nurture and Support for Learning

St Paul’s R.C. High School is a mixed, non-selective, Roman Catholic secondary school with sixth form in Scotland, serving students from the age of 12-18. The secondary school, situated in Glasgow has a capacity of 950 students.

St Paul’s R.C. High School is involved with the Scottish Executive’s School of Ambition programme. 

Headteacher

Lisa Pierotti

Values and vision

St Paul’s R.C. High School believes that education should be enjoyable and works to provide a fun and engaging curriculum for all students. The secondary school promotes hard work, with the motto: “Aiming High for Young People,” and encourages children to reach their full potential in all that they do. The Catholic faith is at the heart of the school’s ethos and the gospel values are promoted in daily life. Staff at St Paul’s R.C. High School nurture students as confident and responsible individuals, promoting the values of RESPECTFUL – "responsibility/rights, equality/excellence, support/success, potential/partnership, energy/enthusiasm, community/caring, teamwork/tolerance, friendship/fun, understanding/ unique, learning/teaching." It is important to the school that a strong partnership is maintained between parents and teachers, and encourages parents to get involved in the active running of the Parent Council to further support the school and their child’s development. Students are taught the importance of community, with the hope that they will find their place as active and positive citizens in the future. 

Education Scotland

“The overall quality of teaching was good with several examples of very good practice. In most departments, teachers used a varied range of approaches and provided pupils with well-planned, motivating activities. Questioning was often used well to extend pupils’ thinking.”

View St Paul’s High School’s latest Education Scotland report