Merchiston Procedures: "School Targets"
“I passed my probationary first year and thereafter I agreed, with my chair, my targets for the forthcoming year. The chair submitted his targets so that a mutual list was drawn up. These targets were reviewed at the beginning of each academic year, looking retrospectively back over the targets for the previous academic year. From memory, the areas covered by these targets were pupil numbers, recruitment of quality pupils and staff, marketing the school, pupil and staff retention, professional policy development for staff and pupils, income versus expenditure, operating the school at a surplus, development of facilities and fundraising.”—Andrew Hunter, SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020)
