Children
Hearings for Children: the Report of the Hearings System Working Group Scottish Government Response
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: Dec 2023
Following a 20-month review of the children’s hearings system, “Hearings for
Children: The report of the Hearings System Working Group” was published on 25
May 2023. It sets out an ambitious package of recommendations. The report
identifies significant potential reforms aiming to ensure that the system; its leaders;
policymakers; managers, and practitioners can better support children in need of
care and protection.
Children's hearings redesign - policy proposals: consultation
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Consultation on the redesign of Scotland’s children’s hearings system to build on its strengths so that it can deliver the best possible experience to the children and families in need of its support. It focusses on areas which may require changes to the law.
Hearings for Children
Author / Creator: Hearings System Working Group's Redesign Report
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Redesigning the Children's Hearing System
Building a New Scotland: Education and lifelong learning in an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: white paper
Date published: 2024
Scotland's distinct and independent education system predates the devolution era and the international excellence of Scottish education long predates the Act of Union.
Welfare, equality and social justice: Scottish independence and the dominant imaginings of the ‘New’ Scotland
Author / Creator: Gill Scott
Date published: 2016
This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare have been mobilised in the most prominent imaginings of an independent Scotland.
Why We Need a Kindergarten Stage
Author / Creator: Sue Palmer
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2022
The case for kindergarden and a 6 year old start to formal schooling in Scotland.
‘No Sex Please we are Scottish’: The rise of the Scottish miserablists
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Blog
Date published:
Scottish Government’s survey of school age children about their sexual knowledge and sexual behaviour has caused cetain sectors of society to object to factfinding about attitudes.
Best Place in the World
Author / Creator: David Anderson
Media type: Opinion
Date published:
Many innovative ways to address poverty and trauma have appeared over the last few years, but they are fighting against the tide, battling hard against the odds.
Empty Promise?
Author / Creator: Marion Macleod
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
The Promise for family support and child care away from home needs a strategic standpoint integrating the relevant services.
Child Care or Caring About Children?
Author / Creator: Marion Macleod
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Scotland has a system of support for children in their early years which is a patchwork of initiatives, fixes, legacy services and omissions. What we do not have is a single, well thought- through integrated service. This is what Scotland’s children need.