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annex a: key contextual legislation and national guidance
Getting it right for every child
Getting it right for every child is a national programme. The key concept of Getting it right for every child is a common, coordinated approach across all agencies that supports the delivery of appropriate, proportionate and timely help to all children as they need it.
Personal Support
Happy, Safe and Achieving Their Potential (Scottish Executive, 2004) is the report of the national review of guidance and sets out a standard for personal support for all pupils.
Positive Behaviour
Better Behaviour, Better Learning (Scottish Executive, 2001) set out a vision and actions to promote positive behaviour.
Additional Support Needs
The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 replaced the system for assessment and recording of children and young people with special educational needs and introduced a system for identifying and addressing the additional support needs of children and young people who face a barrier to learning. The Act covers any need that requires additional support in order for the child or young person to learn.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2004/asp_20040004_en_1
The Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records) (Scotland) Act 2002 forms part of the framework of Scottish and UK disability related legislation and requires responsible bodies to prepare and implement accessibility strategies to improve over time access to education for pupils and prospective pupils with disabilities.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2002/asp_20020012_en_1
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ( DDA) (as amended by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001) The Act makes it unlawful for education providers to discriminate against disabled pupils and prospective pupils in the provision of education and associated services in schools in respect of admissions and exclusions.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/ukpga_19950050_en_1
Reasonable Adjustment Duty
The reasonable adjustment duty requires responsible bodies to think ahead and anticipate the barriers that disabled pupils may face and remove or minimise them before a disabled pupil is placed at a substantial disadvantage.
The Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007
The act includes provision to ensure that all schools are health promoting.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/HLivi/foodnutrition
Equalities
Equal opportunities can be seen in terms of legislative duties, but legislation has come about because in effect a support need has been identified. It has been acknowledged that a person's race, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion or disability has the potential to put them at a disadvantage. All of these need to be given consideration from a support perspective, to ensure that there is a level playing field when accessing the curriculum.
The Early Years Framework
The Early Years Framework sets out a focus on early years and an approach to early intervention to achieve transformational change, based on the following principles:
- Our ambitions are universal - we want to reduce inequalities in a variety of policy areas, to have the same outcomes for all; and for all to have the same opportunities
- We take action to identify those at risk of not achieving these outcomes or having these opportunities and take action to prevent that risk materialising (action is not limited to those most at risk but applies to risk at whatever level identified).
- We make sustained and effective interventions in cases where these risks have materialised.
- We shift the focus from service provision as the vehicle for delivery of outcomes to building the capacity of individuals, families and communities to secure outcomes and addressing the external barriers which they may face in seeking to maximise their life chances, making use of high quality, accessible public services as required.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/215889/0057733.pdf
Skills for Scotland
Skills for Scotland provides a new agenda for skills and learning in Scotland - developing both Scotland's skills policies and its skills landscape in tandem, crafting them into a more coherent structure designed to address Scottish requirements. The skills strategy sets out our ambitions for skills, in a lifelong learning context, from cradle to the grave. Covering early years provision, schools, further and higher education, work related learning and informal learning opportunities - it outlines our aims, ambitions and plans for making Scotland's skills base truly world class, ensuring we develop the skills required for the 21st Century.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/197204/0052752.pdf
Determined to Succeed
Determined to Succeed is the Scottish Government's strategy for enterprise in education, through which young people will become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. It is improving the attitudes and skills of our young people, better preparing them for their contribution to a wealthier and smarter Scotland and helping tomorrow's workforce tackle the issues of the 21st century. Determined to Succeed complements Curriculum for Excellence by creating environments where enterprise can flourish and involves business and education working together. The shared ambition is to give children and young people positive attitudes to work and life.
Enterprise in Education
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/enterpriseineducation/
Determined to Succeed
http://www.determinedtosucceed.co.uk
Looked After Children & Young People: We Can and Must Do Better
Published in 2007, this action plan sets out the strategic way forward to improve the educational and life outcomes of Scotland's looked after children, young people and care leavers.
www.scotland.gov.uk/laceducationaloutcomes
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