Who are Enquire?
Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning
What is additional support for learning?
Additional support for learning (often called ASL for short) is when a child or young person gets extra help with their education.
A child or young person has additional support needs if, for any reason, they need extra or different help than others their age to benefit fully from their education.
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What is additional support for learning?
A high percentage of all children and young people in Scotland are recognised as having additional support needs. While all children get support with their learning, some require extra help.
What we do
We provide advice about additional support for learning
On our website you will find:
Advice for parents and carers in Scotland
Advice and information to help your understand additional support for learning.
Advice for professionals in Scotland
Helping professionals understand additional support for learning legislation and build strong partnerships with families.
Advice for children and young people
Find out about our advice for children and young people and how to get the right support with education in Scotland.
You can also:
Contact our helpline
Get in touch with any questions you have about additional support for learning in Scotland.
Sign up to our events
Come along to our free advice and information events. These take place both online and in-person.
Keep up to date
Follow us on social media and sign up to our newsletter for the latest information and news.
Our team
Our staff
Find out about the Enquire staff team and what we do. You can also find out how to get in touch with us.
Enquire is part of Children in Scotland. If you would like to find out more about this and the wider Children in Scotland team, just click on the button below!
Our vision, values and mission
Enquire’s vision is that all children in Scotland are supported, included, and listened to throughout their education
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Enquire’s vision is that all children in Scotland are supported, included, and listened to throughout their education, in line with their rights.
Our role in making this a reality is to offer advice and information – to children, young people, parents, carers and professionals – about children’s rights to additional support for learning. We work in partnership with others to promote children’s voices in decisions about their education.
- We seek to understand the experience of everyone we work with
- We treat everyone with equal respect and care
- We believe that working together gets the best outcome
- We are dedicated to providing high quality advice, information and services
- We are courageous champions of children’s rights in education.
To share our knowledge and expertise to help children, young people, parents, carers and professionals:
- Understand children’s rights to support for learning, participation, and inclusion in Scotland’s schools and nurseries
- Work together to get the right support in place, in ways that uphold these rights.
- Providing easy to understand advice and information about additional support for learning legislation and guidance for families and professionals.
- Sharing practical tips to help families and schools work together and solve problems should they arise.
- Helping families find local education and support services, so that children and young people can access the support they are entitled to.