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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Please be very brief.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
That was an interesting line of questioning. I wonder whether Emma Congreve wants to add something on extracurricular support, because she also mentions it in her submission.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Sure.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
We received a letter from the cabinet secretary in response to our letter, but it gave us no end date, no clarity on the conditions for lifting the regulations and, disappointingly, no record of how the regulations had been implemented since they were first enacted in December. The only assurance that we got was that officials were speaking to each other—we were looking for something more than that. Having said that, I agree with Willie Rennie.
Given that no further comments from members are forthcoming, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
11:44 Meeting continued in private until 12:27.Education, Children and Young People Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Our third item of business is consideration of subordinate legislation: the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021. The committee first considered the regulations at its meeting on 26 January 2022, when we agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills for more information. The committee has received a response from the cabinet secretary, which is included in our meeting papers. Do members wish to make any comments?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
What you mean by the demoralising effect of outside messages? Do you mean the demoralising effect of what you have described as bureaucratic control or are you referring to other voices?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
So, is your message that teachers are basically saying, “Get off our backs”?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
So, only two of the 32 local authorities have tutoring programmes.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
That is very clear.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
What is the take-up of tutoring in England across the country? Is it now at the levels of London and the south-east?
