Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation - voice of children and young people: thematic evaluation report 2024

Footnotes

1. A previous report on the Scottish Attainment Challenge Local Authority Leads Survey 2023 published in September 2023 focused on the findings from the process-related questions in the survey. For further details on the survey please see Annex A.

2. Further detail on the Social Justice Ambassadors Programme is provided in Case Study 4 below.

3. Nine local authorities received Challenge Authority funding and 73 schools in local authorities outwith Challenge Authority areas received Schools Programme funding under the Attainment Scotland Fund prior to the SAC refresh in March 2022

4. In addition to the distribution of funding to local authorities through the Attainment Scotland Fund, the Scottish Government provides investment for a number of National Programmes as part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge to enhance support across the system Pupil attainment: closing the gap - Schools - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

5. Initially, this panel was known as the #YSAttain Panel, but with the refresh of the Scottish Attainment Challenge in March 2022, this was updated and renamed the #YSEquity Panel. Young Scot refreshed the membership of the Panel throughout 2022/2023, recruiting new Panel members to represent the Panel around issues of equity in education.

6. Readiness to learn is the focus of a companion ASF thematic report.

7. This is reported on further in the Readiness to Learn Thematic Report published as a companion document.

8. This is reported on further in the Readiness to Learn Thematic Report published as a companion document.