Lochdonhead Primary School is a co-educational school, situated at the head of a sea loch and enjoying superb views from every aspect. Accommodation provides two classrooms, staff room, office, kitchen/dining room and entrance hall. Pupils enjoy excellent relationships with one another and the wider community.
The school is a member of the North Mull Cluster Group of schools and works closely with colleagues across the island as part of the Mull and Iona Co-operative.
Our vision is:
Lochdonhead Primary School provides an active, safe, nurturing and caring environment in which all pupils achieve their full potential and have the confidence and skills to meet the challenges of the future. Our vision and aims are underpinned by the Argyll and Bute Education Vision and Strategy Policy ‘our children their future’. The school identifies values that were particularly tailored to the pupils.
Our values are:
• Positive
• Caring
• Respectful
• Achieving
Our aims are:
• To raise educational attainment and achievement for all.
• To use performance information to secure improvement for children and young people.
• To ensure children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed.
• To achieve the best outcome for each child through partnership between pupils, staff, parents and the wider community.
• To ensure that children feel a sense of achievement in all that they do.
• To celebrate social and cultural diversity so that everyone feels valued and respected.
• To help children to develop a knowledge and understanding of issue affecting their health and wellbeing so that they can make informed choices in the future
• To enable pupils to become responsible and environmentally aware global and responsible citizens through our Eco work, Nature Trail and Forest school.
• To value and celebrate children’s contributions to our community and society.
• To encourage pupils to maintain high standards of behaviour and understand the benefits of this.
• To develop enquiring minds, enterprising skills and embrace lifelong learning.
• To develop the future young workforce; developing skills for learning, life and work.
• To strengthen leadership at all levels.