Date: 15th March 2011
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government is seeking views on the common core of skills, knowledge and values for all those working with children, young people and families.

Date: 6th December 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new UNICEF report on child inequality in 24 developed countries has shown that income poverty has the greatest impact on child inequality in the UK.

Date: 1st December 2010
Category: General measures of implementation, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms

The nationwide children's campaign, Fair Play for Children, has warned that the Police have to take especial care because legal minors will be taking part in demonstrations on key issues which affect their futures.

Date: 12th November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

On Monday 15th November 2010 the amended Additional Support for Learning Act came into force.

Date: 10th November 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The purpose of the guidance is to develop and clarify national policy on exclusion from schools in the context of national and local government responsibilities and aims for children and young people.

Date: 10th November 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

This new fund aims to significantly reduce the number of young people aged 14-19 who have been unable to make a successful transition between school and education, training or work.

Date: 5th November 2010
Category: General measures of implementation, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Teaching children about their rights can reduce exclusions and bullying, improve behaviour and teacher-pupil relationships, raise attainment and make for more mature, responsible students according to new research published by UNICEF UK.

Date: 29th October 2010
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Respect for the views of the child, Non-discrimination, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The current European Commission youth programme - "Youth in Action" - will run until the end of 2013. An online public consultation has just been launched to collect views on how to best develop a future programme so as to ensure an adequate response to youth needs, challenges and expectations.

Date: 26th October 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Scottish Government needs to set a clear lead and local authorities and health boards need to pool resources to intervene early with vulnerable or troubled families, otherwise, problems such as child neglect and behavioural difficulties will continue from one generation to the next.

Date: 18th October 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Michael Russell, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, has announced that HMIE and LTS will be brought together into a new executive agency - the Scottish Education Quality and Improvement Agency.

Date: 27th September 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

It is unacceptable that at every stage of schooling Scotland's poorest children do worse and make less progress than their better off classmates.

Date: 27th September 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

Every child and young person is entitled to support to enable them to gain as much as possible from the opportunities which Curriculum for Excellence can provide.

Date: 17th August 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A "non-graduate talent pool" would benefit business and at-risk young people.

Date: 2nd July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

The Scottish Government is launching a consultation to seek your views on secondary legislation that will enable the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (ASNTS) to hear disability claims (harassment, victimisation and discrimination) cases in school education.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Respect for the views of the child

Are you a parent, child, young person, pupil, student, teacher or educator? Do you work in a school, nursery, college or university? Are you interested in early years or school education, further and higher education, or adult learning and skills? Do you have views and suggestions about how Scottish education could be even better? Have your say on the Scottish Government's new "Engage for Education" website.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

This guide will tell you more about what Easy Read means, give you some top tips on how to do it and provide links to other useful publications which will give you more detailed information. The guide also lists some organisations who can produce your documents in an easy read format.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A project involving a group of 16 pupils has given young people the chance to have their views on Curriculum for Excellence heard. The research project ran over a number of days and was designed to develop pupils from P7 and S2 as curriculum consultants. The series of workshops builds on the Government's ongoing dialogue with teachers and parents about the new curriculum and will help ensure the changes are properly communicated to pupils too.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Tam Baillie, the Children's Commissioner wants to hear all about what matters to children and young people.

Date: 28th June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

AbilityNet have received funding to run a project to develop, deliver and promote a 'Quality and Assurance Standard' and online assessment tool, which will enable Education Institutions to evaluate and improve the accessibility of their documentation and internet provision for disabled children, young people and adults.

Date: 23rd June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Early Years, launched the Guide to Implementing GIRFEC at The Children's Summit on 23rd June 2010.