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Education authorities have to provide certain information each year to parents and carers. This is usually known as the school handbook and tells parents and carers about the school their child attends. It has to include information on transport facilities, meal provision, post-school destinations, additional support for learning, discipline and school rules, enforcement of attendance, specialist provision, attainment [read more...]

Education secretary Michael Russell has pledged to break the link between poverty and poor literacy, as he published the Scottish Government’s Literacy Action Plan. It is hoped the plan will raise standards of literacy for all from the early years to adulthood. The action plan has a particular focus on those with the lowest levels of [read more...]

The Scottish Government has published a draft Scottish Autism Strategy. The Strategy sets out what the Scottish Government in partnership with users, carers and professionals proposes to do to meet the needs of people with ASD. The consultation runs until 9 December 2010. The report sets out the background explaining what the autism spectrum is and how [read more...]

The Scottish Government is consulting on national guidance for schools and local authorities on school exclusion. The purpose of the guidance is to develop and clarify national policy on exclusion from schools in the context of national and local government responsibilities and aims for children and young people. The guidance will provide an opportunity for learning [read more...]

The Scottish Government has produced three new Curriculum for Excellence fact files to help teachers and education staff talk to parents and learners and other stakeholders about current changes in Scottish education. Fact file 1: background and benefits Fact file 2 : assessment and qualifications Fact file 3: the secondary experience A series of films [read more...]

View LTScotland’s comprehensive resources for implementing the Curriculum for Excellence including good practice on Supporting Learners.

View Hands On Scotland’s resources to help children and young people flourish.

View PINS resources to support young people who are excluded, disaffected or disengaged from schools.

If your child is being bullied and this is affecting their attendance at school or their ability to benefit from their education, then they might require additional support to help them return to school or support them with their learning. If you think your child is being bullied, you should advise your child to tell [read more...]