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Education (Scotland) Act 2016. The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 calls for educators to consider socio-economic barriers to learning. It includes the rights of children aged 12 and over under the Additional Support for Learning Act.Children who are able may act on their own behalf to influence decision making about them.

Text created by the Scottish Government to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Acts of the Scottish Parliament except those which result from Budget Bills.

Motion title: Education (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution; Text of motion: That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Education (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3A of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.

The Education (Scotland) Bill includes provisions to replace the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) with a new national qualifications body, Qualifications Scotland. If passed by the Scottish Parliament, the legislation will also establish the office of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland, with enhanced independence ...

The Bill states that the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) would need to ensure that Scottish apprenticeships and work-based learning are available. The Bill also states that Scottish Ministers would need to provide support for the delivery of Scottish apprenticeships and work-based learning.

This document relates to the Education (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 49) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 4 June 2024 . 3 . 10. The SQA was established under the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 1 (“the 1996 Act”) as a national body with two distinct functions: awarding and accrediting all types of qualifications except university degrees.

Chapter 1: Introduction. 1. This is statutory guidance prepared under section 13 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”). Section 13 enables the Scottish Ministers to issue guidance to education authorities in relation to their functions under section 3 to 8 of the 2000 Act, and education authorities are required to have regard to this guidance in ...

A National Response to Improving Mathematics (NRIM) in Scotland. The National Response to Improving Mathematics Board (NRIM) was established in spring 2021 to provide a clear opportunity for key partners from Scotland’s education system to develop a one-system response to implementing improvement change action.

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (the Act) supported GIRFEC implementation, but some provisions of the Act relating to the named person service and information sharing were challenged in the Supreme Court in 2017.

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2 Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8) Part 1—School education (3) Regulations under subsection (2)(b)(ii) are subject to the affirmative procedure. 3B Pupils experiencing inequalities of outcome: education authority’s duties (1) This section applies where— (a) an education authority is making a decision of a strategic nature about

(Scotland) Act 2004, the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and the Welfare Reform Act 2007. The Act introduces the National Improvement Framework (NIF). Introduces a duty on Scottish Ministers and education authorities to take steps to reduce inequalities for pupils as a result of socio-economic disadvantage or other causes. Both Scottish ministers ...

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to education in Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission. [1st August 1980] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament ...

The key pieces of legislation are set out below. Education (Scotland) Act 1980. This Act requires Education Authorities to secure the provision of adequate and efficient education for their area, and sets out the rights and duties of parents in relation to their children's education, among other things.

Under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 parents can withdraw a child from religious education and religious observance in school. Religious education can also be known as religious and moral education. Part 1 of the Bill would require schools to inform a child if their parent asks for them to be withdrawn from either or both of these.

What equality law means for you as an education provider- Schools. What equality law means for you as an education provider – Further education. Technical guidance for schools in Scotland for the Equality Act (2010) regarding discrimination. Equality and Human Rights Commission - Equality Act (2010)

These rights and duties can be found in the Education (Scotland ) Act 1980, as amended, (the 1980 Act) and subsequent legislation. The terms of the 1980 Act have been expanded and amended over the last two decades. The most recent primary legislation is the Standards in Scotland’s Schools (Scotland) etc Act 2000, (the 2000 Act).

the rights-based approach and statutory duties outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation)(Scotland) Act 2024; the duties outlined in the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 (updated 2023) Education Scotland’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy (February 2021)

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as respects school education, the welfare of pupils attending independent schools and corporal punishment of pupils for whom school education is provided; to make further provision as respects School Boards; to make further provision as respects the functions, constitution and structure of the General Teaching Council for Scotland; to ...

In Scotland, the term ‘additional support needs’ is used for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. This page gives a brief overview of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (as amended 2009) and the Supporting Children’s Learning: Code of Practice.