Publication - Consultation paper

Supporting Children's Learning - Code of Practice: statutory guidance - consultation

Published: 12 February 2026
From: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, +1 more … Director-General Education and Justice
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Education, Law and order
ISBN: 9781806435371

The Supporting Children's Learning Code of Practice provides statutory guidance on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. We are consulting on the refreshed guidance, designed to improve clarity, readability, and navigation for all users.

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13 days to respond
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Closes: 7 May 2026

Supporting documents

Your Views

Your response to this consultation should be informed by the refreshed draft Supporting Children's Learning Code of Practice and we recommend that you review this before responding. A summary and an Easy Read are also available.

The refreshed guidance is intended to support a wide range of organisations and individuals who are involved in supporting children and young people with additional support needs. Consequently, we expect to receive views as part of this consultation from a varied audience of respondents. The following questions are therefore intended to encompass all respondents. Where there are specific areas of the guidance which you wish to provide feedback on, you can do so via question 7.

Question 1.

The refreshed guidance sufficiently makes clear that it is a statutory document, which is legally required to detail the 2004 Act’s provisions and the secondary legislation that supports it.

Strongly Agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly Disagree