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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