 In subsequent years, and under new school management, the English department has performed well in SQA examinations.In 2016 one of the school's English teachers from 2010 to 2013, Gillian Scott, was judged unfit to teach by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.A GTCS Fitness to Teach Panel concluded that throughout her three years at the school, Scott's 'level of teaching deteriorated rather than improved' and that Scott did not show any interest in teaching or improving her teaching skills.