Local Authority information
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council aspires to be recognised in the City and beyond as a leading Council in Northern Europe by 2010. Our shared vision is to make Aberdeen a City for Learning, ready to play a full part in the knowledge economy required to meet the needs of modern Scotland. Transformation Strategies are being developed to set out an evidence-based picture of the choices facing Aberdeen City Council in planning and improving its services for children and young people and also adults over the next three to five years.
Aberdeenshire council
Aberdeenshire Council was formed in 1996 and provides all local government services in Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire has a population of 233,442 and with over 12,000 staff the council is the biggest employer in Aberdeenshire.
Angus Council
Angus Council contains a mix of rural and urban communities and has 58 primary schools and eight secondary schools. The Educational Development Service consists of one Principal Quality Improvement Officer, six Quality Improvement Officers, four Education Development Officers, two Education Support Officers and a number of seconded staff tutors.
Argyll & Bute Council
The main aims of Argyll & Bute Council Education Service are to strive continuously to improve the quality of education for all learners and to develop as a learning organisation that is outward looking and values creativity and shared reflection.
Clackmannshire Council
Clackmannanshire Council is embedding Determined to Succeed and Enterprise in Education through the development of exciting enterprise classroom approaches, varied Continuing Professional Development opportunities, dynamic events and challenges. Successful partnerships are maintained and strengthened through sustained school/business links.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
The Department of Education is responsible for the delivery and continuous improvement of pre-school, primary, secondary and special education. The service is delivered by 38 primary schools (roll of 2033 pupils) and 11 secondary schools (roll of 1858), of which seven provide only S1/S2 and four are presenting centres for SQA qualifications. Twenty-five of the 38 primary schools offer Gaelic Medium Education and there are currently 492 pupils enrolled in Gaelic medium classes.
Dundee City Council
Learning Together in Dundee is the strategy that is underpinning day-to-day lessons in the city, helping teachers, parents and pupils understand how everyone in the classroom can get more out of the learning process.
East Ayrshire Council
The Curriculum for Excellence Team from East Ayrshire Council are committed to the effective facilitation of the Curriculum for Excellence capacities through the development, support and implementation of Critical Skills, Assessment is for Learning and Enterprise in Education within the authority.
East Lothian Council
The Education Department in East Lothian promotes a cluster-based approach to education, with a key focus on performance monitoring and continuous improvement (a cluster comprises the local secondary school and associated primary schools). The key characteristics of this approach can be summarised by the Five C’s of Consistency, Continuity, Collegiality, Creativity and Collective responsibility.
Edinburgh City Council
Balerno High School cluster has a reputation for providing pupils with an educational experience which is effective, enjoyable, and rewarding. Our curriculum is designed to be academically challenging, stimulating and appropriate to our pupils' abilities, aptitudes and aspirations.
East Renfrewshire Council
The Quality Improvement Service supports and challenges all of its schools and is committed to continuous improvement. As well as supporting high quality learning and teaching the service provides a range of rich experiences in cultural activities, enterprise and citizenship.
Fife Council
Fife Council is committed to equality of education for all children and young people in Fife. We strive to provide meaningful learning opportunities in rich environments with the aim of exploiting their enormous capacity for learning and for potential to achieve.
Highland Council
Learning opportunities in Highland are varied and accessible across the diverse geography of the region. There are learning communities around the 29 secondary schools, their associated primary schools and nursery centres. Informal learning is supported through Community Learning and Leisure and can be access across a network of learning centres and libraries.
The authority works in collaboration with other education providers including three colleges of further and higher education within the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Midlothain Council
Infectious Grooves runs African and Samba percussion workshops for all ages and abilities. We work extensively within schools and nurseries using percussion to enhance the learning and play of children and training teachers to attain 100% of the curriculum’s musical outcomes.
North Ayrshire Council
North Ayrshire Council has made education its highest priority. Our overall aim is to work in a sustainable way with our partners to build a better North Ayrshire where all citizens can participate, learn and be helped realise to their full potential.
North Lanarkshire Council
North Lanarkshire Council is located in the West of Scotland and has a population of approximately 350,000. Learning and Leisure Services includes all education services, community information and learning (including community centres and libraries), and the sport functions that have not transferred to the recently-established Leisure Trust. Learning and Leisure Services is responsible for the statutory education for 55,000 pupils age 5-18 and has 25 secondary schools, 127 primary schools, 11 special schools and 70 nursery centres.
Perth and Kinross Council
Perth and Kinross Education and Children’s Services wishes to showcase the work it has been undertaking in health and wellbeing. Exemplary developments in physical activity, eating for health and also taking a holistic approach to wellbeing through cross-curricular links with a Chinese focus will be on display.
Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire Council is based in the historic abbey town of Paisley which developed during the 19th century into the largest town in Scotland, mainly as a result of the growth of the cotton industry. The authority provides the full range of education services for Paisley and the surrounding towns, villages and rural areas.
Scottish Borders Council
Scottish Borders Council Determined to Succeed has developed, in conjunction with the local authority ACE Enterprise interest group, a comprehensive package of support for primary school teachers in how to be enterprising in delivering the ACE curriculum. This will be demonstrated in the village.
Shetland Islands Council
Shetland Islands Council is the local authority serving the most northerly islands of Scotland. Aith Junior High School with 189 pupils is one of 33 schools and provides nursery, primary and secondary education for pupils aged from 3 to 16.
South Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council was established in 1996 and is the fifth largest authority in Scotland. The council employs over 4,100 teachers and continues to fund the Schools Modernisation Programme. Education Resources supports schools in developing the Curriculum for Excellence programme.
Stirling Council
GIFTS is based at our own 70 pupil rural school. We train teachers in seven schools in Rural Gambia by working with them in their classes and bringing staff to Scotland. We help local Scottish schools get their Global Curriculum kick-started.
West Dunbartonshire Council
West Dunbartonshire Council Educational Services Department provides services to children, young people and adults through the provision of education and life long learning opportunities. These include Statutory School Provision, Early Education, Sports and Arts activities, Museums, Libraries and Cultural activities, and Community Learning and Development.