Recognising and Celebrating Success

Here at Webster's High School, we want to recognise the vast array of skills, qualities, talent, and commitment that our young people display both within school and across our wider community. 

As a school, we aim to promote how valuable achievements are and how important it is for young people to have the opportunity to take part in activities. We believe that celebrating young people’s success helps to develop important skills for learning, life and work, and increases a sense of positivity and well-being.

 

The Webster's High School Recognising Achievement system is our way of recognising these wonderful achievements. As a school, we are striving to gain more and more information about the wide and varied range of activities that our young people are involved in.

Our Recognising Achievement system includes:

  • Forms here on our website where parents, carers, or people from the local and wider community can send in information.
  • Celebration of Success points where messages will come home across the year asking for the information to be sent to the school via an emailed form.
  • Achievement committee meetings throughout our school year, where members of staff will pull together the information gathered, input successes and award House points in recognition for pupils and collate information to use in our end-of-year awards assemblies and prizegiving ceremony.
  • on going emails of successes of groups and pupils to inform staff 
  • The House point system 
  • End-of-year awards assemblies, Sports awards and prizegiving ceremony.

Please note that the committee make decisions about nominations based upon the information and evidence provided on the form. If information is not shared we cannot award. Senior Management has the final say in all awards and nominations. 

Information on the different ways we capture the Academic and Wider Achievements of our learners is detailed below. We look forward to celebrating with you and sharing pupil successes as a school community.

 

BGE (S1-S3) Academic Merit and Subject Diligence 

Each year pupils from S1-S3 in each class and each subject are awarded for their effort, engagement, and achievement. These awards come in two types, Merit Awards and Diligence Awards. 

Merit Certificates

For each subject studied in S1-S3 the top 3 achieving pupils on class tests and work across the year are awarded the subject merit per class. 

Merit Badges

S1 - 13 Subjects 

Bronze - Merit in 20-44% of Subjects 

Silver - Merit in 45-59% of Subjects

Gold - Merit in 60% or above of Subjects 

S2 - 15 Subjects 

Bronze - Merit in 20-44% of Subjects 

Silver - Merit in 45-59% of Subjects

Gold - Merit in 60% or above of Subjects 

S3 - 9 Subjects 

Bronze - Merit in 20-44% of Subjects 

Silver - Merit in 45-59% of Subjects

Gold - Merit in 60% or above of Subjects 

Diligence Certificates 

For each subject studied in S1-S3 pupils can be awarded a Diligence award for each of their subjects. These awards recognise continuing effort, endeavor, perseverance, or improvement in subjects across the year. 

All of the above awards are presented at the End of year Achievement Assemblies. 

Senior Phase (S4-S6) Academic Merit and Subject Diligence 

Similar as in S1-S3 each year pupils from S4-S6 in each subject are awarded for their effort, engagement, and achievement. These awards come in two types, Subject Merit Awards and Class Diligence Awards. 

Subject Merit Awards (National Level)

For each subject studied in S4-S6, the top 3 achieving pupils across the year are awarded the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd for that particular subject and Level. The information gathered to award the subject place is from Prelims, second prelims and assessments. (These awards are presented at the End of year Achievement Assemblies) 

Subject Merit Awards (Higher and Advanced Higher Level)

For each subject studied in S4-S6, the top 3 achieving pupils across the year are awarded the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd for that particular subject and Level. The information gathered to award the subject place is from Prelims, second prelims and assessments. (These Certificates are presented at the Annual Prizegiving ceremony) 

Subjects Diligence Certificates 

For each subject studied in S4-S6 pupils can be awarded a Diligence award for each of their subjects. These awards recognise continuing effort, endeavor, perseverance, or improvement in subjects across the year. (These awards are presented at the End of year Achievement Assemblies) 

Achievement Ties and School Colours

This is an exceptional award for a significant contribution that demonstrates pupil’s effort, endeavours and commitment over a period of time. It may include participation and performance in Sports, STEM, Creative or Performing Arts, or Volunteering at significant Local, Regional, National and/or international/World level.

 

This will then be passed to the Recognising Achievement Group who will consider your form. If your application is successful pupils will be presented with a tie at the annual awards events.(End of Year Prizegiving Assemblies)

 

Initial Nomination Success – Achievement Tie

 

Bronze School Colours thereafter

 

Silver School Colours thereafter

 

Gold School Colours thereafter

 

 

 Nomination Form

Values Awards

These awards are not be based on the pupil's academic attainment or ability in a subject but recognise pupils who demonstrate commitment to our school Values of:

  • Ambition
  • Respect
  • Kindness
  • Appreciation 

These awards will begin in the new academic session 2024/25 to coincide with the launch of our updated values

House Points 

House points are awarded to recognise student achievements, participation, and contributions across various aspects of school life. Points can be earned through volunteering, leadership roles, competitions, and academic or creative accomplishments. Participation in school events, charity work, and demonstrating school values also contribute to house totals.

Webster’s High School Sports Awards:

The awards were setup in 2016 to recognise the achievements of pupils in their sport in and out-with school. Stand out pupils in the teams that have represented the school, volunteers who have given up their time throughout the school year to lead, support and organise extra-curricular activity and events in the school as well as help with the range of Active Schools events across the cluster.

We also recognise the commitment, dedication and achievements of pupils in their chosen sport(s) out-with school on a regional, national and international level with the Sports Personality of the Year.

Pupils are nominated for their achievements by staff, parents or club coaches and these nominations are collated and then put out to vote for pupils and staff before the winner is announced on the day.

We invite pupils that have represented the school and shown commitment to school sport as well as staff and community club and partners who have also had an impact on school sport at Webster’s.

Each year we have a guest speaker who is local to Kirriemuir or Angus and has progressed and achieved success in their sport. The guest speaker provides great insight to pupils and staff about what can be achieved with hard work, dedication and commitment. We also receive fantastic support from local businesses to help fund the medals and trophies that we present on the day.

The awards we present are:

  • Player of the Year for the teams that have represented Webster’s High School and are linked to an extra-curricular club at the school
  • Young Volunteer(s) of the Year
  • Volunteer(s) of the Year
  • Team of the Year
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Sports Personality of the Year.

Annual Celebration Of Achievement Ceremony - Prizegiving 

This event occurs at the end of each academic year in June to celebrate the Academic, Sporting, Arts, Volunteering, and Wider Achievement of our Pupils.

Parents, Carers, and Guests are invited to come along to the ceremony to see the awards being presented, hear from our Head Teacher, Guest speaker, and School captains, and celebrate the young people receiving awards. 

Awards are given for:

  • Academic performance and success 
  • Sporting endeavors
  • Creative and Performing Arts
  • Writing and Literature 
  • Wider Achievement 
  • Whole School Service
  • Local Community and Citizenship 
  • Endeavor and Learning Achievements 
  • Commitment to Languages
  • Developing Skills for learning life and work 
  • Achievement Ties 

A list of the full awards given is below. ( Please note this is not an exhaustive list and some awards may be added or not included year on year) 

PrizeGiving Programmes 

Please see below for copies of past Prizegiving Programmes 

Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2015-16 [pdf 535KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2016-17 [pdf 579KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2018-2019 [pdf 700KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2021-2022 [pdf 549KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2022-2023 [pdf 530KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2023-2024 [pdf 489KB] Click to Download
Click to Download Prizegiving programme 2024-2025 [pdf 605KB] Click to Download