Falkirk Council

Kinneil Primary School

Kinneil Primary School is a non-denominational primary school, situated in the middle of Bo'ness, which is to the east of Falkirk.

Nursery education is available offering 2.5 hours of pre-school education sessions each week. Children will benefit from the high quality experience that will enhance their social, emotional and intellectual development. More information can be found on the Childcare and pre-school pages|.

Kinneil Primary School has two key dimensions that underpin everything we aim to achieve:

1. to engage our children in the highest quality learning activities
2. to maximise success for all our learners

We fully endorse the main objectives for the Scottish Government's Curriculum for Excellence which promotes four key outcomes for young people in Scotland

• Successful Learners with; enthusiasm and motivation for learning; determination to reach high standards of achievement; openness to new thinking and ideas and able to; use literacy, communication and numeracy skills; use technology for learning; think creatively and independently and as part of a group; make reasoned evaluations; link and apply different types of learning in new situations
• Confident Individuals with; self respect; a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing; secure values and beliefs; ambition; and able to; relate to others and manage themselves; pursue a healthy and active lifestyle; be self aware; develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world; assess risk and take informed decisions; achieve success in different areas of activity
• Effective Contributors with; respect for others; commitment to participate responsibly in life; and able to; develop knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland's place in it; understand different beliefs and cultures; evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues; develop
• Responsible Citizen's with; an enterprising attitude; resilience, self-reliance; and able to; work in partnership and in teams, communicate in different ways in different settings; take the initiative and lead, apply critical thinking in new contexts, solve problems
• To support our children to achieve these outcomes we will;
  • promote self respect and well being
  • develop a culture of ambition and achievement
  • develop a common vision among our children staff and parents
  • foster high quality leadership at all levels
  • work in partnership with other agencies and our community
  • work together with parents and carers to improve learning
  • reflect on our work and continuously strive to improve and meet challenges
  • value our staff and children and the contributions they make