School Handbook: guidance

Annex C

This annex provides links that schools and local authorities may find helpful when developing a School Handbook. The list is not intended to be exhaustive and authors may wish to consider additional sources of school, local and national information, material and resources.

Contact details

The Scottish Government guide Principles of Inclusive Communications provides information on communications and a self-assessment tool for public authorities - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/14082209/0

Choosing a School: A Guide for Parents - information on choosing a school and the placing request system - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/10093528/0

A guide for parents about school attendance explains parental responsibilities with regard to children's attendance at school - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/12/04134640/0

Parental involvement

Guidance on the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 provides guidance on the act for education authorities, Parent Councils and others - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/08094112/0

Parentzone provide information and resource for parents and Parent Councils - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/index.asp

School ethos

Supporting Learners - guidance on the identification, planning and provision of support - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/supportinglearners/

Journey to Excellence - provides guidance and advice about culture and ethos - http://www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk/cultureandethos/index.asp

Health and wellbeing guidance on healthy living for local authorities and schools - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/HLivi

Building Curriculum for Excellence Through Positive Behaviour and Relationships outlines the Scottish Government's priority actions around positive behaviour in schools and is also a source of support - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/06/25112828/0

Scottish Catholic Education Service's resource 'This is Our Faith' which supports the teaching and learning of Catholic religious education - http://www.sces.uk.com/this-is-our-faith.html

Curriculum

Information about how the curriculum is structured and curriculum planning - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/thecurriculum/

Information about the outcomes a learner can expect to experience and achieve across literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing, as well as the eight curricular areas - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/thecurriculum/howisthecurriculumorganised/experiencesandoutcomes/index.asp

Advice, practice and resources to support the experiences and outcomes on literary, numeracy and health and wellbeing - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningteachingandassessment/learningacrossthecurriculum/responsibilityofall/index.asp

Broad General Education in the Secondary School - A Guide for Parents and Carers - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/b/genericresource_tcm4725663.asp?strReferringChannel=parentzone&strReferringPageID=
tcm:4-634353-64

Information on the Senior Phase - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/thecurriculum/whatcanlearnersexpect/seniorphase.asp

Information on Skills for learning, life and work - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/thecurriculum/whatcanlearnersexpect/skillsforlearning.asp

Information around the Scottish Government's 'Opportunities for All' programme - http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/our-services/services-for-individuals/opportunities-for-all.aspx

Information for organisations responsible for the planning, management and delivery of career information, advice and guidance services - http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/our-story/key-publications/career-management-skills-framework.aspx

The Skills Development Scotland website 'My World of Work' offers a number of tools to support career planning - http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/

Assessment and reporting

Building the Curriculum 5: a framework for assessment provides guidance around the assessment framework - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/BtC5Framework_tcm4-653230.pdf

Information about Curriculum for Excellence levels and how progress is assessed - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/thecurriculum/howisprogressassessed/stages/index.asp

Curriculum for Excellence factfile - Assessment and qualifications - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/publications/c/publication_tcm4624968.asp

Information on recognising achievement, reporting and profiling - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningteachingandassessment/assessment/achievement/index.asp

Transitions

Curriculum for Excellence factfile - 3-18 Transitions - provides information on the transitions children and young people will face throughout their education and beyond - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/publications/c/publication_tcm4660285.asp

Career Information, Advice and Guidance in Scotland - A Framework for Service Redesign and Improvement provides guidance on career information, advice and guidance strategy - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/03/11110615/0

Choices and changes provides information about choices made at various stages of learning - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/supportinglearners/choicesandchanges/index.asp

The Additional support for learning page provides links to relevant legislation and guidance, including the arrangements that should be in place to support pupils with additional support needs - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/welfare/ASL

Supporting Children's Learning Code of Practice includes specific requirements on education authorities and others under the new legislation in relation to transition - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/04/04090720/21

Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning - http://www.enquire.org.uk/

Parenting Across Scotland offers support to children and families in Scotland - http://www.parentingacrossscotland.org/

Support for pupils

The Additional support for learning page provides links to relevant legislation and guidance, including the arrangements that should be in place to support pupils with additional support needs - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/welfare/ASL

Information about the universal entitlement to support that underpins Curriculum for Excellence - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/supportinglearners/whatissupport/universalsupport/roleofkeyadult.asp

Supporting Children's Learning Code of Practice (Revised edition) - provides Statutory guidance relating to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 as amended - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/04/04090720/21

Getting it Right for Every Child and Young Person, is essential reading for anyone involved or working with children and young people, including practitioners working in adult services with parents and carers - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright

School improvement

Scottish Schools Online - provides a range of school information, including contact details, school roll, facilities, website, inspection reports - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scottishschoolsonline/

Education Scotland's Inspection and review page provides information on the inspection process - http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/inspectionandreview/index.asp

The Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy ( SSLN) is an annual sample survey which will monitor national performance in literacy and numeracy - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/SSLN

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework ( SCQF) - http://www.scqf.org.uk/

Scottish Qualifications Authority provides information for teachers, parents, employers and young people on qualifications - http://www.sqa.org.uk/

Amazing Things - information about youth awards in Scotland - http://www.awardsnetwork.org/index.php

Information on how to access statistics relating to School Education - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education

School policies and practical information

Schools and local authorities should consider the most relevant school, local and national policies and include details or links for parents to sources of further information.

National policies, information and guidance can be accessed through the following sites:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People

Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/contents

Standards in Scotland's Schools (Scotland) Act 2000 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/6/contents