Successes and Achievements

Senior Awards Ceremony 2026

What a fantastic evening celebrating the achievements, hard work and dedication of our Senior Phase pupils.

Our Senior Awards Ceremony 2026 provided an opportunity to recognise and celebrate success across every subject area through two special categories of awards:

  • Subject Qualification Scotland Awards – celebrating the pupil or pupils who achieved the highest Qualification Scotland result in their subject, at each level. A wonderful recognition of outstanding attainment and academic achievement.
  • Subject Endeavour Awards – celebrating pupils who have made significant progress based on their tracked performance, recognising the determination, commitment and hard work that has driven their success.

Together, these awards celebrate not only exceptional attainment, but also the progress and personal achievement of our young people. Both are important measures of success, and we are incredibly proud of every pupil recognised.

A huge congratulations to all our award winners and a heartfelt thank you to our dedicated staff, families and wider school community for the support and encouragement that enables our young people to thrive.

Please click here to access photographs from the evening.

 

 

Our House System

Our house system gives everyone in our Williamwood community an identity, purpose and an opportunity to develop relationships whilst upholding our school values. The House system provides opportunities for all of our young people to engage in leadership, collaboration and responsibility through competition and activities across all curricular areas.

 

Aspen House – Mr Falconer

Birch House – Mr Muirhead

Cedar House – Mr Hodgart

Hawthorn House – Mr A Thomson

Hazel House – Mrs Penman

Maple House – Mrs Macphee and Miss Semple

Pine House – Mr Allan

Willow House – Miss Smith

 

Overall quality of learners’ achievement

It is our aim to recognise and value the personal achievements of all learners across the 4 capacities within Curriculum for Excellence: successful learners, effective contributors, responsible citizens and confident individuals.

In doing this we aim to:

  • Promote a positive ethos of effort and achievement in the school;
  • Reward all who achieve success in a range of skillsets;
  • Recognise and reward the contribution made by staff and learners to the school and the wider Williamwood community;
  • Recognise and reward learner’ improvements and progress both in school and out.

A variety of methods of rewarding achievement exist at Williamwood High School and these are currently:

  • Verbal Praise
  • Stickers
  • Praise Postcards
  • Positive phone calls home
  • Pupil of the block/month
  • Recognition on School X Account/Website Page
  • Public display of high quality work
  • Acknowledgement through Assemblies
  • Certificate/Awards at our Annual Awards Ceremony
  • House points/rewards

Williamwood Awards

The Williamwood Awards is a way to recognise young people who demonstrate our school values: Respect, Ambition and Kindness.

Each term, all staff and selected year groups have the opportunity to nominate members of our school community who they believe have demonstrated our values.

All nominees are recognised through a celebration of success event.

Each term we have an overall award winner for each school value, this is the young person who has received the most nominations for Respect, Ambition or Kindness. 

Please click here to find out more information about the Williamwood Awards and to view our overall award winners.

Click here to view our Williamwood Award winners