ARCHIVED Devolved School Management: draft guidelines

Devolved School Management (DSM) was introduced in 1993 in order to enhance and improve the management of resources at school level.  The DSM guidance was reviewed in 2006, and again in 2012 to take account of the changing economic and financial climate for both Local Authorities and the Scottish Government.  In June 2017 the Scottish Government consulted on changes to DSM as part of the wider “Fair Funding to Achieve Excellence and Equity in Education” consultation.

In response to that consultation and through extensive stakeholder engagement, new draft guidelines have now been developed and produced by the Scottish Government and COSLA.  These DSM guidelines seek to build and improve on the DSM Guidelines of 2012 and, critically, reflect and integrate with the Education Reform Programme and priorities emerging from the Scottish Government and COSLA Education Reform Joint Agreement of June 2018. Once formally agreed, this guidance will be published in summer 2019.