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The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 Act places a legal duty on the  Scottish Government to provide an advocacy service to parents and young people following a reference being made to the Additional Support Needs Tribunal for Scotland (ASNTS). Following a competitive tendering exercise the contract to deliver the new service has [read more...]

The Equality Act 2010 comes into force in October. To support implementation of the Act, the Equality and Human Rights Commission have produced guidance for employers, workers, service providers, service users and education providers. (Guidance for education providers is available in two parts - What equality law means for you as an education provider – further [read more...]

The Education (Additional Support for Learning) Act 2009 — which received Royal Assent in June 2009 — makes amendments to the 2004 ASL Act. The Act does not come into force until November this year but to help parents and carers understand what the law might mean for them,   ASL-Act-2009-changes. During the next two months [read more...]

The main legislation related to education and additional support for learning.

Other legislation relating to children and young people with additional support needs

The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, came into force in November 2005. The law spelled out the rights of parents and pupils to get the additional support they need to become successful learners. It also set in place the framework for schools, local authorities and other agencies to make sure this happens.

The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 was amended in 2009. The changes form a new Act that was passed in June 2009. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 came into force on November 14th 2010. A few features of the 2009 Act include: the term additional support will not [read more...]