Attainment Scotland Fund (ASF) evaluation: children and young people's research briefing

Footnotes

1 The Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation, School Survey Report, 2025

2 The Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation, Case Study Research Report, 2025

3 Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation. Please note that the quote references in this report refer to the profile of the school, not individual pupils

4 This refers to the proportion of pupils attending the school who live in SIMD quintiles 1 and 2: <25%, 25-49%, 50-74% or 75%+. These groupings were used in the School Survey to provide a broad spread across the sample while ensuring sufficient sub-group base sizes for analysis. The same broad categories were used for the qualitative sampling.

5 For more information on Relax Kids visit the website - Relax Kids

6 For more information about Emotion Works visit the website - Emotion Works

7 For more information about Boxall Profiles visit the website - Boxall Profiles

8 For information about Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) visit the website - SAMH

9 In this school, a whole-school approach was taken because of the high proportion of pupils living in deprived areas. The demographic profile of pupils in terms of minority ethnic communities was said to be related to poverty – while the introduction of an anti-racism club was not directly related to addressing the impacts of poverty, the idea behind this approach was to raise aspirations and engagement generally, and tackling racism was identified as one way to do this.