Lifelong learners
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This Scottish Government report details the ways in which funding to improve educational environments of residential schools was used.
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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.
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This policy update on Behaviour in Scottish Schools followed three years after the Discipline Task Group's report Better Behaviour - Better Learning in 2001. It draws on evidence from a range of sources to provide an in-depth picture, and is structured to illustrate the policy progress on the broad recommendations of Better Behaviour - Better Learning.
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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.
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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.
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A 2002 report based on a survey by HM Inspectorate of Education of good practice in Scottish schools. Identifies seven key messages for practice.
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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.
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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.
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National and local authority level information on the destinations of leavers from publicly funded Scottish secondary schools.
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A leaflet provided by the Scottish Government to explain the arrangements under the Act to parents and carers. Available in 11 languages.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Information on the advice given to local authorities in 2003 from the Scottish Government. The guidelines include the rights and responsibilities of pupils and parents. Please note that local authorities may have adapted them to suit their local needs.
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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.
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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.
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Report on how local authorities spent additional funding to make progress in raising the attainment of children in care.
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This summary of developments in inclusive education is the report of a research review exercise conducted for SEED.
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A report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education and the Social Work Inspectorate, which covers the results of an inspection into the social work and educational services provided to meet the educational needs of children in the care of local authorities.
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Information leaflet for parents, carers and family members on how out-of-school-hours learning activities promote learning, healthy lifestyles and fun.
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This report aims to highlight characteristics of good practice, raise issues and suggest further ways of improving the overall performance of pupils. As well as revealing some good practice, the findings highlight a number of issues including a lack of consistency and clarity across Scotland in identifying, measuring, and tackling underachievement for the lowest-attaining pupils.
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New guidance on out-of-school-hours learning in Scotland developed in conjunction with the Scottish Out-of-School-Hours Learning Network and HMIE.
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Outlines the principles and characteristics of good practice, case studies, and a framework for self-evaluation of transition arrangements for use in school and college.
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Regulations covering services for children and young people up to the age of 16 years which are to be regulated under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001. Applicable to services in public, private and voluntary sectors, and in domestic or non-domestic premises which provide services for over two hours a day and for six days or more each year.
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This report draws directly from evidence gathered from the HMIE inspection programme. It highlights developments in practice and provides an important point of reference for all those involved in designing and taking forward new models of pupil support.
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Contains information on numbers of schools and pupils, types and sizes of schools and classes and some characteristics of pupils.
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The data in this publication reports the recorded information on pupils' attendance and absence. However, these records are affected by ongoing differences in recording procedures across local authorities. Data includes statistical information detailing that on average, each day there were around 43,000 pupils absent (6.7 %), (45,000 pupils (7 %) in 2007/08), of which about 530 were temporarily excluded. Absence due to temporary exclusion was higher amongst boys than girls. Children lookedafter by local authorities were on average absent for 10 days more than other pupils, with those looked after at home missing on average just under six weeks of school.
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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.
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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.