BUT ALMOST ONE IN THREE PUPILS NOW HAS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS
Primary school teacher numbers are at their highest level since 1980 and total teacher numbers have risen by 288, new statistics have shown. The overall number of teachers rose to 52,247, an increase of 1,530 since 2015 and the highest level since 2009.
However a campaign group has expressed concern over support for record numbers of pupils with Additional Support Needs. Continue reading Teacher numbers rise …
The lessons being learned by Scotland’s student teachers will be put to the test as part of a new inquiry by Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee.
The inquiry will explore whether teachers leave initial teacher education sufficiently ready and confident for the challenges they will face in Scotland’s classrooms. Continue reading Scotland’s student teachers: learning the lessons
Find out about all the great learning taking place in your local primary school – drop in for a visit on Primary Schools Open Day TOMORROW: bit.ly/2h0tQan
If your child’s date of birth is between 1 March 2015 and 29 February 2016 they are due to start primary school in August 2020.
If you are in the City of Edinburgh Council area you must register your child for P1 at one of your catchment schools.
Registration week is 4 to 8 November 2019. Please check opening times with the school you are registering at.
More than £8 million of Scottish Government funding was spent last year on projects to improve the attainment of care experienced young people.
Projects as diverse as mentoring programmes, counselling services and driving lessons were supported through the Care Experienced Children and Young People fund.
Now more than £12 million of further funding will be provided this academic year to enhance the support available. Continue reading More support for looked after children
A Livingston school which provides specialist education for young people with severe and complex medical needs has received a second financial boost in a matter of weeks.
The school, which provides innovative support and education for children from three to eighteen years old, discovered last month that it’s set to move to a new multi-million-pound campus, after it was selected to be part of the Scottish Government’s new School Investment Programme.
Now, local charity Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids has agreed to match-fund £1831, which local parents and teachers had raised as part of Cash for Kids Superhero Day. Continue reading Double celebration for Beatlie School
This Black History Month, Education Vice Convener Councillor Alison Dickie writes about the need for change:
You could have heard a pin drop. The young black man, there to tell his story, looked up from his speech notes and commented on the sea of white faces of the 63 councillors who sat before him. ‘That doesn’t sit well with me’, he said.
I say it shouldn’t sit well with any of us! Continue reading Black History Month: a lesson for everyone
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, announced that it engaged more than 900 Scottish pupils from over 20 schools in Lothians, Central, Strathclyde and Fife, in its renowned Digital Explorers Programme.
At the event, students aged 11-18, were joined by a host of volunteers from TCS and Lloyds Banking Group, as well as special guest, Minister for Public Finance & Digital Economy and MSP, Kate Forbes. Continue reading Scottish students gain STEM Skills Experience with TCS’ Digital Explorers
Deputy First Minister John Swinney met students who have benefited from a project which increases educational opportunities for people who have spent time in care. Continue reading Deputy First Minister visits HUB for SUCCESS
Crewe Toll firefighters are helping shape the futures of young pupils by training them as potential life-savers.
As part of an ongoing commitment to help protect and inspire communities, the Community Action Team has teamed up with a range of partners to launch an initiative designed to enhance lives and improve employment prospects. Continue reading Firefighters inspire next generation of potential life-savers
