This Scottish Government report details the ways in which funding to improve educational environments of residential schools was used.
Analysis of the 2006/07 Scottish attendance/absence statistics, by type of absence and pupil characteristics, including the percentage attendance and absence of pupils looked after by local authorities.
This guidance has been written to help school staff and allied health professionals (AHPs) to work more effectively as partners supporting children and young people. It has been drawn from the experiences of parents and practitioners across Scotland who work in partnership to improve outcomes for children and young people with additional support needs because many of the parents and practitioners are saying that there is room for improvement in partnership working.
The report identifies ways in which the Scottish Government, authorities and schools can take action to improve the quality of partnership working between agencies and to plan support services more clearly and improve opportunities for joint training of education staff and partner agencies.
The role of the designated manager for looked after children and young people in schools was established following the publication of the Learning With Care report in 2001. Having a designated manager in educational establishments and developing a reciprocal role in residential child care establishments is central to improving educational outcomes. This Scottish Government guidance is aimed at assisting designated managers in discharging their responsibilities to looked after children, young people and care leavers.
A HMIE report published in June 2008 which aims to help local authorities and partner agencies to improve educational outcomes for looked after children. It draws on information from other publications including Learning with Care, Extraordinary Lives and We Can and Must Do Better.
The document has been produced by HM Inspectorate of Education specifically to support secondary schools in improving the experiences and successes of all their pupils in making post-school transitions, but it will also be useful for those working in partner agencies. This document is part of the wider support comprising The Journey to Excellence series and is a follow up to Count us in.
National and local authority level information on the destinations of leavers from publicly funded Scottish secondary schools.
A leaflet provided by the Scottish Government to explain the arrangements under the Act to parents and carers. Available in 11 languages.
A research report identifying interventions that appeared to make the most differences in terms of both the educational experience and the educational outcomes of the looked after children and young people participating in the pilot projects. The report was produced by Strathclyde Univerity and published by the Scottish Government.
A summary version of the research report identifying interventions that appeared to make the most differences in terms of both the educational experience and the educational outcomes of the looked after children and young people participating in the pilot projects. The report was produced by Strathclyde Univerity and published by the Scottish Government.
Scottish Government evaluation of the Reading Rich programme, a partnership between National Children's Homes Scotland and the Scottish Book Trust which aimed to introduce a 'reading rich' environment for children and young people who are looked after in residential and foster care settings in Scotland so they could benefit from reading, books and literature. It ran from 2004 to 2007.
Scottish Government report from the National Review of Guidance, providing 10 standards to develop personal support in Scottish schools. The standard for personal support provides a framework for building positive relationships and enabling pupils and parents to access support, and describes what must be in place in schools to ensure that all children progress in their learning and personal and social development.
This revised edition of HM Inspectorate of Education's report How good is our school? replaces all previous versions. Along with a revised edition of Child at the Centre, this document forms the third part of How good is our school? The Journey to Excellence. The aim of this publication is to help schools to evaluate the quality of its education, based around a set of quality indicators.
Information leaflet for parents, carers and family members on how out-of-school-hours learning activities promote learning, healthy lifestyles and fun.
Contains information on numbers of schools and pupils, types and sizes of schools and classes and some characteristics of pupils.
Scottish Government document containing information on pupils in publicly funded schools in Scotland, mainly derived from the latest annual pupil census which took place in September 2008.
Scotland's Chief Statistician has published a range of statistics relating to the post-appeal attainment of pupils and leavers from Scottish schools. The statistics relate to the August 2008 exam diet and update the pre-appeal figures published in September.