Doran Review: Have Your Say on Complex Additional Support Needs
You are invited to a series of free half-day consultation events for parents, carers and support groups and would very much appreciate it if you could pass the information on to any parents, carers or colleagues you know who would be interested in contributing their views.
On behalf of the Scottish Government, Peter Doran is currently chairing a review of how best to provide education for Scottish children and young people with the most complex learning needs. The Doran Review will be providing recommendations to the Scottish Government in June 2012 on how the system can be improved.
These consultation events are to gather the views of both families and parent support groups on the key issues, which will be submitted to the Review.
We will be asking your views on:
● how satisfied you are with the processes to identify your child’s care, health and learning needs
● how well informed you feel about schools and services that could help your child
● how well your child’s nursery or school and other services such as health and Social Work are meeting his or her needs
● how well supported you and your child feel when he/she is preparing to leave and settling in to a new school or leaving school to go on to adult services.
Dates and locations
22nd March, 12 noon to 3pm
Aberdeen Thistle Altens Hotel
27th March, 9.30am to 1pm
Edinburgh Hilton Grosvenor Hotel
29th March. 9.30am to 1pm
Glasgow Hilton Grosvenor Hotel
The events are open to parents, carers and support groups from across Scotland who have an interest in the provision of education for children and young people with complex additional support needs.
Irene Russell, Development Officer, Parental Involvement
Education Scotland
The Optima
58 Robertson Street
Glasgow G2 8DU
T: +44 (0) 141 282 5055,
M: +44 (0) 7985349791
FLORA STEVENSON SCHOOL CLOSURE TODAY
In case we have Flora Stevenson parents receiving this, here is a message just in from Flora Stevenson School:
‘Due to a Health & Safety issue at Flora Stevenson Primary School, on a precautionary basis, we are transferring the children this morning to Broughton High School. Please arrange for your child to be collect from Broughton High School as soon as you are able. Please note the school will also be closed tomorrow, Friday 16 March.’
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Our pupils’ (and teachers’) successes keep piling up! To keep track of it all, the school have launched a new page within the website, called ‘Celebrating Success’. Have a look. It’s exciting reading.
competition climbing success at Ratho
More good news from the athletics front. William Bosi, 1N1, qualified last week at the Ratho climbing centre to represent Scotland at ‘Indoor Climbing by Lead’. That puts him into lofty heights indeed. Over the next few months he will be competing in France and Austria, at the European Youth Cup Championships, and in Singapore, for the World Cup Championships. We wish him luck!
a pair of student time-management tools from the SQA …
… and they’re available as free apps in the Apple store!
One is ‘My Exams’, the SQA’s personal timetable builder, that gives the dates and times of your exams.
The other is ‘My Study Plan’, which designs your most efficient revision schedule, based on your exam timetable.
Broughton High School Parent Council 