[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing Paper: Number 07819, 8 March 2018: Constituency casework: schools in Scotland

... The Scottish Government guide to Choosing a School states that: If you have a child who is due to start primary school or who will be transferring to secondary school soon, your council will probably suggest that you ... See full document

... The Scottish Government guide to Choosing a School states that: If you have a child who is due to start primary school or who will be transferring to secondary school soon, your council will probably suggest that you ... See full document

... The Scottish Government guide to Choosing a School states that: If you have a child who is due to start primary school or who will be transferring to secondary school soon, your council will probably suggest that you ... See full document

... Introductory information about exclusion and the appeal process is provided on the gov.uk School discipline and exclusions website. Under the Education Act 2011 new arrangements for school exclusion came into force in ... See full document

... the schools language, religious character, or gender intake • Whether proposals will improve access for disabled pupils in accordance with requirements under the Equality Act 2010 5 Other factors, such as the ... See full document

... 6 However, the DfE has stated that clarification is being sought on “the age at which a young person may have the right to make their own decisions,” and that a blanket right for parents to withdraw their child from sex ... See full document

... voluntary schools, local authorities can also propose that a school’s premises be enlarged by following a streamlined statutory process set out in ...in March 2016, Making significant changes to an open ... See full document

... In March 2018 the Education and Skills Funding Agency published the list of schools who had successfully bid for funding from the Condition Improvement ... See full document

... In December 2015, the Government confirmed in a response to a Parliamentary Question that student applications for UTCs were being encouraged: Nick Boles: Like all academies, each university technical college (UTC) is ... See full document

... many schools as possible, priority is given to those primary schools which currently have little or no outside space which can be used for ...24 March 2014 and there are no current plans for further ... See full document

... a March 2018 debate in Parliament, the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, set out that the Government did not plan to introduce any new subjects at GCSE level during the current Parliament, although it was ... See full document

... the Schools Minister Nick Gibb expanded on the Government position: We believe that [local authorities] are best placed to determine how resources should be used in the areas that they serve and to balance the ... See full document

... and schools should seek to select items that can be purchased cheaply, for example in a supermarket or other good value ...shop. Schools should keep compulsory branded items to a minimum and avoid ... See full document

... significant number of respondents indicated that they disagreed with the proposed changes, but analysis of the related comments revealed that this was because of misunderstanding the effect or raising issues that ... See full document

... voluntary schools, local authorities can also propose that a school’s premises be enlarged by following a streamlined statutory process set out in ...in March 2016, Making significant changes to an open ... See full document

... support schools and colleges in making this vision a reality, it is clear that many schools and colleges need additional support if we are to ensure every young person—regardless of background or ... See full document

... 62 Schools must also have procedures to make a referral to DBS if a person in regulated activity has been dismissed or removed due to safeguarding concerns or if they would have been had they not ... See full document

... This briefing sets out the role of schools within this wider safeguarding system, which is described in more detail the statutory guidance, Working together to safeguard ... See full document

... • substantial academic or applied and technical qualifications; • non-qualification activity, such as work experience; and • the study of English and maths where they do not hold a GCSE 9- 4 (reformed grading) or A*-C ... See full document

... the Schools Minister Nick Gibb expanded on the Government position: We believe that [local authorities] are best placed to determine how resources should be used in the areas that they serve and to balance the ... See full document