ADES Association of Directors of
Education in Scotland

Latest News

SG update to PIN and CAQ

20 Sep 2023 See below for Scottish Gov update Sept 23

Verity House agreement

14 Aug 2023 See below for new deal agreement between national and local government.

SQA message on Results day

08 Aug 2023 See key statistics below

Results help

06 Aug 2023 See links below to helplines and advice from SQA and SDS

Learning for Sustainability Autumn Internship Programme

18 Jul 2023 See below for link to details.

Verity House agreement

07 Jul 2023 A landmark agreement has been signed today by @COSLA President @MorayShona and @ScotGovFM to forge a stronger relationship between Scottish Local and National Government.

UNCRC Statement June 2023

30 Jun 2023 See below for ministerial statement.

Post-school education, research and skills - purpose and principles

30 Jun 2023 See below for final report on Purpose and Principles.

School Uniform Consultation Scotland

30 Jun 2023 See below for information on consultation on school uniform.

Mentors in Violence Prevention

30 Jun 2023 See below for MVP annual report.

Covid-19 Early Years Resilience and Impact Surveys (CEYRIS)

26 Jun 2023 See below for link to latest.

Learning for Sustainability

26 Jun 2023 See below

IT'S OUR FUTURE

22 Jun 2023 See below for links to the published document and summary.

SG Update June 23

21 Jun 2023 See below for update to CAQ and PIN

Scottish Government consultation - proposals for a new Human Rights Bill for Scotland - closing date 5 October 2023

19 Jun 2023 See below for information on consultation.

Covid 19 Early Years Toolkit

14 Jun 2023 Are the kids alright? See link below.

National Discussion - briefing paper

02 Jun 2023 See below for Authority briefing paper offered to share.

National Discussion

02 Jun 2023 See below for summary of findings

UNCRC Innovation Fund

17 May 2023 See link below for information

Anti Racist Framework ITE

30 Apr 2023 See link below from Scottish Council of Deans

Public Health Early Years Resilience Report

30 Apr 2023 See report below Covid19 - Early years recovery

Foundation Apprenticeships Newsletter April 23

30 Apr 2023 See link below

Teaching, learning and play in the outdoors: a survey of provision in Scotland in 2022

08 Apr 2023 See below for published report

SQA Arrangements

08 Apr 2023 See below for arrangements session 22/23

ADES Summer School

10 Mar 2023 See save the date note below

Hayward Review Interim Report March 23

06 Mar 2023 See below for interim report published March 23 Independent Review of Qualifications & Assessment in Scotland

Disaster Emergency Committee School Pack

03 Mar 2023 See below for resources

Good practice School meal debt management

21 Feb 2023 See report below

Best start, Cost of school day, Child trust funds

13 Feb 2023 See below for further information.

Research by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and Early Years Scotland:

09 Feb 2023 See below for recently published research.

Professional Learning - Open University Survey

17 Jan 2023 See details and link below

UASC Incentivised Funding Announcement

19 Dec 2022 See letter below

SFC College Leaver Destination report

19 Dec 2022 See below report for 20/21

Armed Forces Covenant legislation

16 Dec 2022 See below for summary for Directors and ADES advice

ACEL Data Publication December 2022

13 Dec 2022 See below for documents published 13 Dec 2022

Purpose and Principles for the post school education, research and skills ecosystem

13 Dec 2022 See interim report below

70/30 ADES Response

09 Dec 2022 See below ADES response to invitation to respond.

Skills Delivery

06 Dec 2022 See below for SDS Strategic Plan Independent Review on Skills Delivery

ADES Conference 2022

06 Dec 2022 See below for access to useful materials

ESP STEM Newsletter

28 Nov 2022 Click below for annual report

Empowerment Steering Group update

31 Oct 2022 See below Education Scotland minute Sept 22

John Muir Award Report

20 Oct 2022 See below for recent publication

Supporting Workforce Wellbeing

17 Oct 2022 See below for details of revised package

Pupil Support Staff engagement programme

17 Oct 2022 See below to get involved

Gender Equality Taskforce

17 Oct 2022 See below for live links

SDS e-module on Scottish Apprenticeships

06 Oct 2022 See below for information and other useful links

GIRFEC Practice Guidance

05 Oct 2022 See below for publication of refreshed guidance

Young Carers Scotland

22 Sep 2022 See link below

Children in Scotland Pupil Support Staff Engagement Report

19 Sep 2022 See Report below

Scottish Learning Festival 2022

11 Sep 2022 See below for details and promotional materials

ADES Conference 2022

09 Sep 2022 See brief descriptor below for ADES Conference Review, Refresh and Reform

Social Work Scotland's NCS submission

05 Sep 2022 Click link below

Easter Study Support Evaluation 2022

29 Aug 2022 See below for ADES survey of Local Authorities

ES Inspection Advice Note

26 Aug 2022 See link below for June published advice

Interim Review Collaborative Improvement

18 Aug 2022 Please see message and link below and if possible complete if you haven't already done so.

SQA Communication 9 Aug 2022

09 Aug 2022 See below for SQA communication and links to statistics.

SDS Helpline

07 Jul 2022 See below for link.

Stem Strategic Discussion

07 Jul 2022 See note below.

National Care Service Bill

22 Jun 2022 See stakeholder letter below

SCQF Operational Plan

15 Jun 2022 See below for plan published today.

STEM Strategy

01 Jun 2022 See annual report below

Pupil Support staff working group

27 May 2022 See information below including link to engagement pack

Consultation on School Uniforms in Scotland

20 May 2022 See link below for notification of Scottish Government consultation

Success looks different award

19 May 2022 See below for information on new awards

Children in Scotland engagement pack

19 May 2022 See below for information

Diversity in the Teaching Profession May 2022

12 May 2022 See below for this publication

Stonewall Scotland Digital Workshop

14 Apr 2022 See below for information on workshop free to members.

SG Update to PIN March 2022

25 Mar 2022 See Government update below.

Creativity and Wellbeing National Event

22 Mar 2022 See details below - only a week away

IOM UK Hong Kong SAR Information Session Workshop

16 Mar 2022 See below for information on these workshops

SG Response to Ken Muir report

14 Mar 2022 See link to Word document below

Ken Muir Report

10 Mar 2022 See below report published 9 March

CERG Dashboard

03 Mar 2022 See below most recent dashboard

Unboxed

03 Mar 2022 See briefing below on Creativity in UK Learning Programme

Welcome Hub for Hong Kong British National (Overseas) migrants arriving in Scotland.

17 Feb 2022 See below information on this Welcome Hub

Children's Services COSLA Briefing

14 Feb 2022 See below briefing relating to COSLA position on Children's Services proposal as part of NCS

National Conference reschedule

24 Jan 2022 See link below to information sent to members

RIC Review

16 Dec 2021 See below for publication 16 December

Social Enterprise Schools

10 Nov 2021 See info below from Social Enterprise Academy

ADES Response NCS Consultation

01 Nov 2021 See below for submission submitted 1 Nov

Updated Cost of the School Day Toolkit

27 Sep 2021 See link below for information about updated resources

School College Partnership Report

20 Sep 2021 See link below to see publication 20 sept

NeLO

14 Sep 2021 Please note links below to Flyer, Study Support, Impact Report

Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education - Anti-Racism and Curriculum-focused publications

03 Sep 2021 See below press release and social media which contains links to three publications from Education Scotland, CRER and ScotDec

Equality and Equity Toolkit and Online Sessions

03 Sep 2021 Click below for Learning Together network information

OECD Upper Secondary student assessment

31 Aug 2021 See below for Stobart Report published 31 August

Schools Education Reform

19 Aug 2021 See link to summary below

Equally Safe at School

17 Aug 2021 See below for ESAS flyer and launch

ADES Professional Support Leaflet

03 Aug 2021 See below the link to Support leaflet - also located in Professional Learning section of Documents category

SG Initial Response OECD

30 Jul 2021 See below for the Scottish Government's initial response

OECD Publication

21 Jun 2021 See report below

Audit Scotland Work Programme

03 Jun 2021 AS are currently planning to carry out a further audit on ELC next year. Not planning to carry out any further work on school education over the next year, but will be continuing to monitor developments.

Synopsis of Reports

18 May 2021 See below for summary of recent publications

Supporting UASC

16 Apr 2021 See below for details of UK wide event

Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

14 Apr 2021 See Scottish Guardianship Briefing Below

Fullan - Right Drivers for Whole System Success

05 Apr 2021 See below the CSE Publication

Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change Manifesto for Scottish Education

30 Mar 2021 See published Report

Diversity in Teaching Data Report

25 Mar 2021 See publication below

Teaching in a Diverse Scotland: Increasing and Retaining Minority Ethnic Teachers – 3 years on Progress and Final Report

22 Mar 2021 See the recent SG publication

NES Trauma Pledge

19 Mar 2021 See link to pledge below and example of work around training already undertaken in Argyll and Bute

Teaching in a Diverse Scotland 3 years on

10 Mar 2021 See below for event details

ADES Towards A Vision 2025

01 Mar 2021 See recent publication below ADES Towards a vision for Scottish Education 2025 Making it happen

EU Settlement Scheme Awareness Raising

17 Feb 2021 See note below re awareness raising sessions

Policy Briefing School Uniform Affordability

10 Feb 2021 See briefing below

UNCRC February Update

05 Feb 2021 See latest communication on UNCRC

ICEA Summary

04 Feb 2021 See quick read summary of recent report

AGM

05 Jan 2021 See below for annual reports

International Council of Education Advisers

17 Dec 2020 See below for Report published 17 December

NPFS Cost of School Day Project

24 Nov 2020 See below for information on survey

GLOW Connect user research project

24 Nov 2020 See below for details of project

Priestly Report

08 Oct 2020 See the full report and recommendations

National Transfer Scheme

15 Sep 2020 Proposal for Changes to the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC)

UNCRC Update

07 Sep 2020 See DFM Letter on UNCRC Bill