News

Read the latest news from Connect and from the world of Scottish education. You'll find information about our parent/carer surveys and survey reports here as well as Connect's consultation responses and summaries of Scottish education policy and legislation.

 

Policy

18th Oct 2023

Education Reform November 2021

Make your voice heard in Connect’s two surveys on education reform and read the background information

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Scottish Government's Programme for Government 2021-22

Read Connect’s Summary of the Scottish Government’s 2021-22 Programme for Government

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Connect Responds To Cancellation of Nat 5 Exams

Connect responds to John Swinney's announcement that Nat 5 exams are to be cancelled for 2021, with qualifications to be awarded through school-based assessment instead

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Connect Campaigns: Supporting Children and Young People's Mental Health

As a result of our Parents' Voice survey on mental health, we're calling for schools to remember parental engagement

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Scottish Government Consultation on Guidance to the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act

The Scottish Government is modernising and updating the guidance whilst preserving the Act as it is

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Survey Results, Policy

18th Oct 2023

Connect's Report on Support for Children and Young People's Mental Health

Our Parents' Voice survey on support for children and young people's mental health has led to a powerful and compelling report

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Connect's Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions Inquiry on Young People's Mental Health Services

Connect calls for improvements to provision as services are patchy, inadequately-funded and only available in some areas when young people are suicidal

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Programme for Government 2019-20

Connect is pleased to see the Scottish Government recognises the importance of family engagement and involvement in their programme for government for the upcoming year

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Musical Instrument Tuition Inquiry: COSLA and John Swinney's responses are published

Responses from COSLA and John Swinney about funding to support musical instrument tuition in schools are very disappointing

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Developing the Young Workforce report finds progress is not fast enough

The Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee has commissioned a report on the Developing the Young Workforce programme

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Connect's response to the Scottish Government's Scottish National Standardised Assessments User Review: Stop the P1 tests! 

The Scottish Government's Review of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments sets up the problems with the SNSAs this year

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Comment on the Education and Skills Committee's Inquiry into Attainment and Achievement of School Children Experiencing Poverty Report

Connect comments on the Inquiry into Attainment and Achievement of School Children Experiencing Poverty Report by the Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee

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Policy

18th Oct 2023

Education Bill is published but is postponed in favour of collaborative working

The Scottish Government is to focus on improvement, not reform and collaboration, not legislation

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Survey Results, Policy

11th Oct 2023

Connect Report: Parents' Voice Anti-Bullying Survey with Respectme

Our report on what parents told us about bullying in their children's schools and their understanding of it

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