Education Reform in a Nutshell
Our “In a Nutshell” series provides parents, carers, professionals and others interested in all things Scottish Education with a wide variety of resources to help keep them in touch with policy changes, current events, subject matter and now, education reform. This Nutshell guide was produced with support from the Scottish Government’s Parent and Learner Engagement […]
Behaviour in Scottish Schools – survey results
The summary report on our findings from the June survey of parents and carers about behaviour, violence, and support in Scottish schools can be found below. We would again like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all those parents and carers who took part in this survey.
NPFS Statement – Publication of the Hayward Review Report
The National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS) is pleased to see the finished report from Professor Louise Hayward’s Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessments, ‘It’s Our Future: Report of the Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment,’ published today. The NPFS would like to take this opportunity to thank the hundreds of parents and carers across […]
Survey Open: Return to pre-Covid Normal Exams
NPFS has been contacted by parents in various local authorities about the return to normal exams with all course content added in, as some feel their young people are still not ready to cope with added pressure. As a result, we have had discussions with allied interest groups and are opening this snap survey for […]
Survey Open: Behaviour in Scottish Schools
The National Parent Forum of Scotland have received a number of comments in recent weeks regarding the rise in reports of concerning behaviour in our schools. Today, we launched a survey to gather real-world experiences from parents across Scotland. We will use the feedback from this survey to inform our contributions to upcoming conversations around […]
Minimum Learning Hours Consultation
Parent/Carer Survey on the Proposals of Minimum Annual Number of Learning Hours in Scottish Schools. Scottish Government recently sent out a consultation paper for parents and carers asking for their opinion about the number of learning hours that should be set in law for young people in Scotland. The consultation says: “learning hours are the […]
NPFS Opens Follow-up Survey on Teacher Strike Action
As additional strike dates have been announced, and more unions are voting for strike action which impacts schools, your NPFS Leadership Team thought it prudent to do a second snap survey to gather views from parents and carers of pupils of all ages across Scotland. Please take two minutes and let us know your thoughts […]
Additional Support for Learning Review – Recommendations for Relationships with Parents and Carers
In June 2020 Angela Morgan’s Review into Additional Support for Learning ASL) was published. The NPFS is pleased to have had the opportunity to gather and share parents’ views with Angela Morgan, and welcome the recommendations made in the review. You can find out more about the research we undertook ahead of the review, and […]
Music Tuition in Schools Inquiry- Our Response
The Education and Skills Committee is carrying out an inquiry into music tuition in schools. It wants to find out the extent to which charging for instrumental music tuition as part of the school curriculum acts as a barrier to participation by pupils, particularly those from low income households. As you may remember, we recently […]
Consultation Response- Supporting Disabled Children, Young People and their Families
The Scottish Government are in the process of designing a public resource- ‘Supporting Disabled Children, Young People and their Families’. As part of this process, they held a 12 week consultation to gather input and feedback from disabled children, young people, their families, practitioners and third sector partners to enable the government to provide a […]
Consultation Response- Nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools
You can read Chair, Joanna Murphy’s consultation response here- Consultation Response- Nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools
Consultation Response- Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy
You can read Chair, Joanna Murphy’s response to the consultation here- Consultation Response-Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Fair Funding Consultation Response
We are pleased to publish our response to the recent consultation here: NPFS Fair Funding Response
Call for Evidence Responses
Many thanks to all who responded to our calls for evidence, 1281 responses were received from parens, 461 from parent councils and 96 from professionals working within the field of education. Below are links to all the submitted responses where consent has been given to share the response: Parents:PI Survey Parent Responses.xls Parent Councils: PI Survey […]
Parental Perception of the N4 Qualifications
We were recently asked by the Assessment and Qualifications Working Group at Scottish Government to gather evidence on parental perceptions of the National 4 Qualification. You can read our submission here: Parents’ perception of the National 4 Qualification
Additional Support Needs in Scottish Schools
Over the past few months the Education and Skills Committee has been looking a lot at school education. They have asked lots of people for their views on Additional Support Needs and, because of what they have heard, they want to do some more work on this issue. A child or young person is said to have additional […]
Religious Observance in Schools
NPFs recently submitted evidence to the informal consultation on Religious observance in schools. You can read our responses here: RO
Evidence for the Care Inspectorate
The Care Inspectorate recently requested evidence from NPFS in relation to the expansion of early learning and childcare to 1140 hours. You can read our response here: Care Inspectorate
National Care Standards Review
The National Care Standards help everyone understand what they have a right to expect when they access health and social care services. They also help services understand and meet the quality and standards of care which they should provide. In 2014, the Scottish Government launched a consultation seeking views on the approach and scope of […]
STEM
The Government recently consulted on their approach to delivering a high quality Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) education and training offering, across the education system. The draft STEM Education and Training Strategy for Scotland has two aims: 1. To improve levels of STEM enthusiasm, skills, and knowledge in order to raise attainment and aspirations in learning, […]
Governance Focus Group
We recently held a parents focus group in Dumfries and Galloway to gather opinions on the Governance Review. If you’d like to add your thoughts feel free to drop us an email on office@npfs.org.uk Questions considered at the group can be found here
Enterprise and Skills Review Call for Evidence
The Enterpise and Skills Review want to hear your views to ensure that Scottish Government and public agencies are delivering the joined-up support that our young people, universities, colleges and businesses need. If you have a spare few minutes to fill in their survey you can find it here. The National Parent Forum will be submitting […]
Focus Group with Primary School Parents
This NPFS focus group with Primary school parents, covered all aspects of their child’s education to inform the Review of the Parental Involvement Act and the Governance Review consultation. The full report can bet read here : npfs-primary-focus-groups-key-messages-17-nov-2016-final.
Curriculum for Excellence, Achieving its ambitions?
In April 2015 NPFS held a focus group to discuss whether CfE is achieving its ambitions. The results of this were fed into the CfE management board report as well as to the OECD. The report can be read by clicking the image above.
Experiences of 2nd year of N4, N5, and 1st year of new Highers
On May 26th NPFS held a focus group to explore parents’ experiences of the new National 4 and 5 exams and new Highers qualifications, in the second year of Nationals and the first year of new Highers. The report can be read by clicking the image above. The report will inform our work and meetings […]
NPFS focus group on the Scottish Government 1+2 Language Approach
The Scottish Government want to make Scotland as successful as possible and see language capability as an important part of this success. This means that it is important that young people are attracted to learning languages, and that they become confident and competent linguists, well equipped with the skills and capacities needed in the new […]
Rocket Science report of parent focus group Hamilton
The report is now available here: Rocket Science report of parent focus group Hamilton 041212 FINAL v2
Let's Talk resource
Our Let’s Talk resource is now available here: Let’s Talk resource
Publication of the Languages Working Group Report and Recommendations
Below is the link to the Publication of the Languages Working Group Report and Recommendations, of which I had the pleasure of playing an active part, whilst representing NPFoS http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/03/18094509/2 Carol Snow NPFS Member East Lothian