ScotlandVoiceThis article begins by examining the Scottish Executive's published figures on exclusion from school to argue that while they show small reductions in the use of temporary exclusions from year to year, there is as yet no evidence of a substantial reduction. In addition it argues ...
Cuts to social services are leaving school leaders with impossible decisions on exclusions and suspensions when trying to uphold behaviour, finds Dan Worth
The Scottish school leavers cohort provides population-wide prospective follow-up of local authority secondary school leavers in Scotland through linkage of comprehensive education data with hospital and mortality records. It considers educational attainment as a proxy for socioeconomic position in young ...
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Is the law different throughout the UK? It’s similar, but see our guides to home educating inScotland,Northern IrelandandWales.
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Key elements in understanding differences in ethos were beliefs about the purpose of schools, the curriculum on offer, school relations with the outside world and decision making about exclusion. These findings are placed in the context both of research on exclusions in England and of current ...
Scotland and Northern Ireland have done better, with rates which are a quarter of those in England. It is clear from both the figures and the commentaries on those countries' websites that a different commitment to the care and well-being of all children prevails.Table 1: Percentage rates ...
Methods: Individual records from four national education databases and three national health databases were linked to construct a cohort of all singleton schoolchildren born in Scotland attending Scottish local-authority schools between 2009–2013. Pupils previously diagnosed wi...
Scotland is also “very distinct”, in that intent is not seen as an important factor in whether an incident represents bullying: the impact on a victim is more important in deciding whether bullying has taken place. “The intention thing can really distract practitioners from trying to address...