Five more Scottish schools are set to join the Gen+ skills and leadership programme which aims to ‘equip and inspire the next generation of young Scots to have the skills and confidence to learn, lead, and thrive.’

The secondary schools taking part are St John’s High School, Perth, St Ninians’s High School, Kirkintilloch, Inverclyde Academy, Greenock, and Glasgow’s Hillpark Secondary and Shawlands Academy.

They join Barrhead High School in East Renfrewshire, Lourdes Secondary in Glasgow, Morgan Academy in Dundee and The Glasgow Academy, all of which have signed up to continue with the programme following their participation in the pilot programme which concluded in June.

The Gen+ programme, which seeks to equip every young person in Scotland with leadership capabilities and meta-skills, has lofty goals of reaching 360 schools and 290,000 young people within the next five years.

Victoria Vardy, CEO of Gen+, said: “We are delighted that the four schools from our pilot project have re-engaged with us for another year and we welcome hugely the five new schools which have joined this year.

“Gen+ has one overarching ambition: to provide every child in every classroom with a leadership and personal development programme that helps them recognise and develop their unique skills and talents. Our vision is to equip and inspire the next generation to have the skills and confidence to learn, lead, and thrive.

“Through six meta-skills focused modules, the programme teaches students leadership, resilience, collaboration, communication, initiative, and organisation, allowing them to reflect on and develop their capabilities.”

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Gen+ lessons are taught to S1 pupils as part of their Personal and Social Education (PSE) curriculum. The lessons are delivered by classroom teachers using a blended learning approach: students work through activities on a bespoke, interactive, digital platform and participate in offline group tasks and discussions.

Denise Crawford, Head Teacher at Inverclyde Academy, said: “The Gen+ programme brings a new dimension to skills development and is something we are very excited to launch in St John’s. The programme will be integral to developing leadership and meta-skills in our young people so they are ready to reach their positive destinations.”

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