Knightswood Secondary School

News & Updates

Show My Homework

Knightswood Secondary School are re-introducing the Show My Homework app to support young people and their families with home learning. Information will be relayed to young people at assemblies and log in details will be provided for all parents.

Please find support via the link below for logging into the app: https://help.satchelone.com/en/articles/5472656-parent-video-guides

Parents Portal

We are pleased to inform you that new services have been added to Parents Portal.  Please click here for more info

SQA Examinations 2023

Please read the following letter here.  Originally included with this information letter was a copy of Teacher Estimates for graded national Qualification courses. These estimates are evidence based from assessments this year which are still currently on-going. It is hoped that candidates will be able to improve on these grades with their work in the lead up to the SQA exam diet. The Estimate Grade is in the Working Grade column of the report.  This additional information has also been placed in pupil teams.

Study leave for all S4,5&6 pupils will begin on Monday 24^th April and will run until Tuesday 30^th May 2023 (inclusive.)

Young Glasgow Talent Programme

The Young Glasgow Talent Programme is run in collaboration with MCR Pathways.

Please click here for more information

Update - 05/01/23

If you are aged 16-19 and have stayed on at school, you may be able to claim Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA).  Click link for more info.

Update - 07/10/22

Important -

The Glasgow City Council Fuel Support Project aims to help eligible citizens in Glasgow gain access to a £49 fuel top-up payment, as well as energy advice and assistance. Families with children & receiving Council Tax Reduction. Contact Glasgow Helps on 0141 276 1185 if they require a referral for a fuel top-up or energy advice. 

Grant applications open at 9am on 3 October. Fill out the Glasgow Helps online referral form to request a call back from the team by visiting: [www.glasgow.gov.uk/glasgowhelps] www.glasgow.gov.uk/glasgowhelps

KSS Parent support group

Working in partnership with Glasgow Health and Social Care’s Central Parenting Team, we are delighted to offer a series of four workshops to all parents/carers of young people in S1 or S2 at Knightswood Secondary School.  Our family support page can be found here.

Please click here for more information on this new opportunity.

BGE Extra curricular clubs

This summer term our wide range of extracurricular clubs give some of our senior pupils the chance to develop their leadership, collaboration and social skills through participation and volunteering. There are a number of new clubs this term, details of which are listed in the link below.

World Mental Health Day

Please click the image below to read what support Knightswood Secondary School can give you if life's adventures are becoming too much....

Postcard

Mental Health Foundation

The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) is keen to work closely with parents from Refugee & Asylum-seeking communities and Parent Councils to promote and empower more people to participate in parent councls at their local school.  Please click the image for more information.

Good Attendance

Within Knightswood Secondary School, good attendance is encouraged at all times to ensure pupil success.  Please read the following information

S1 Parent/Carers

Pupils absent/self-isolating.  We are in the process of updating our subjects pages with curricular work for all pupils in S1.  The links will be live on the school website later this week.  They can be found in the Distance learning pages which can be accessed through our Digital learning main page (in the Parents Guides & Advice section).  If you have any queries, please contact your young person’s Pastoral Care teacher in the first instance. 

Digital Learning can also be accessed through the Pupils Area section.

Pre-Loved Clothes

Important Information

Up-to-date NHS advice on Covid-19 testing

Getting to school - First Bus information

Free School Meals - Update letter Mar 30th 2021

Fuelzone payments information letter

Clothing grants here

Parent Portal

Due to recent the Pandemic, it is felt Parent Portal will support and deliver a more comprehensive communication service to our parents and carers.  Click here for further information.

Skills Development Scotland - careers advice

Skills Development Scotland will continue to support pupils throughout the summer period both with career planning and post school plans.  Careers Advisers will be in contact by telephone.  You can find more information including how to contact us on the SDS page.

School leavers

How to have meaningful career conversations with young people - Thursday 27 January 2022

Parents and carers can learn more about the power of having meaningful careers conversations with their young person on a free webinar later this month.

Careers Advisers, Kay Hume and Mhairi Galashan, from Skills Development Scotland will talk about the key things to remember in steering career conversations. They will offer hints and tips as well as introduce parents and carers to My World of Work.

Following their online presentation, there will also be an opportunity to ask the Advisers questions to support your career conversation planning.

Parents and carers can register for our session here: https://meaningfulcareerconversations.eventbrite.co.uk

Apprenticeship websites offering varied apprenticeship opportunities.

Apprenticeships Scotland	Glasgow Guarantee

Links to all our webinars can be found on the SDS page.

Welcome

I would like to welcome you to the Knightswood Secondary School website which I am confident you will find interesting and informative.
 

The School, which is located in the West End of Glasgow, is one of the City's largest Secondary's with a roll of approximately 1400 pupils. We are co-educational, non-selective and non-denominational, educating pupils of all abilities, cultures and social backgrounds.