The progress being made by the Scottish Government in reducing the educational attainment gap will be explored by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee as it begins a year long piece of work on the issue.
Recent figures show a large difference between the average attainment of pupils in the most and least deprived areas. For example, 28% of children from poorer families perform well in numeracy, compared to 56% of those from advantaged backgrounds. Children from poorer families are also more likely to leave school early and without a qualification.
The Scottish Government has recently committed to ‘pick up the pace’ in closing the differences in attainment between children from the most and least disadvantaged backgrounds. The Committee will monitor progress and consider how successfully this commitment is being delivered by all bodies.
As part of this, the Poverty Alliance hopes to feed into Session 3 of the inquiry which looks at the involvement of parents. We have compiled a short survey which should take under ten minutes to complete. We would like as many parents as possible to take part. The survey can be found here. If you are a parent, we would love to hear your views.
Please feel free to forward onto anyone else you know who may be interested.
For more information, please email carla.mccormack@povertyalliance.org
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