- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the implementation of accreditation for prior learning under the McCrone agreement.
Answer
Good progress has been madeon making provision for the accreditation of prior learning (APL) as part of the Chartered Teacher programme. The Scottish Executive recently sent to allregistered teachers a leaflet describing the Chartered Teacher programme andthe accreditation of prior learning (APL). All teachers taking a CharteredTeacher programme are required to complete module 1 of the programme. Onsuccessful completion of module 1, the teacher can choose between one of twoAPL routes.
- The first route will be handled by providers as part of their programme designed to meet the standard for Chartered Teacher and will allow a teacher to claim up to a maximum of 50% of the Standard by APL.
- The second route will be handled by the General Teaching Council for Scotland and will allow teachers to make a 100% claim against the standard by APL.
Alternatively the teachercan choose to complete the whole programme.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether schools are able to offer additional payments to teachers for taking supported learning and homework classes after the timetabled school day.
Answer
This is a matter for local authorities.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the employment of the 3,500 additional non-teaching staff to provide support for teachers.
Answer
The agreement A TeachingProfession for the 21st Century included a commitment to introduce approximatelythe equivalent of 3,500 support staff into schools by 31 March 2004. Authorities have been provided with £50 millionannually from March 2001. It is a matter for authorities how the funds arespent but within the overall intention of reducing the administrative burdenson teachers. Some authorities have, for example, invested in capital equipmentsuch as improved management systems. Aworking group of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers has beenestablished to monitor the impact. It has yet to report.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools in each local authority area run supported study or homework classes after the timetabled school day.
Answer
A breakdown of the number ofschools participating in the Scottish Executive’s Study Support programme at March 2003 is given in thefollowing table. Information on supported study or homework classes funded fromany other source is not held centrally.
| Aberdeen City Council | 12 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 173 |
| Angus Council | 8 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 92 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 22 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 41 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 16 |
| Dundee City Council | 10 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 55 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 29 |
| East Lothian Council | 45 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 31 |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 139 |
| Falkirk Council | 40 |
| Fife Council | 48 |
| Glasgow City Council | 205 |
| The Highland Council | 35 |
| Inverclyde Council | 43 |
| Midlothian Council | 43 |
| Moray Council | 12 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 67 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 164 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 2 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 40 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 64 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 31 |
| Shetland Islands Council | 22 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 58 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 95 |
| Stirling Council | 21 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 38 |
| West Lothian Council | 32 |
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether schools considering running supported study or homework classes after the end of the timetabled school day would have a guaranteed right of access to classroom facilities in schools managed under PPP or PFI schemes.
Answer
Access to facilities in suchschools out of timetabled school hours is for individual local authorities todetermine within the PPP contract.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been, and will be, carried out into the effects of supported study or homework classes.
Answer
In June 2001 the Department forEducation and Skills published a report entitled
The Impact of Study Supportcontaining the findings of a longitudinal study carried out by the Quality of EducationCentre at the University of Strathclyde. Four schools in Scotland were involved in the researchwhich found firm evidence in all the schools studied that pupils who participatein study support do better than would have been expected from baseline measuresin academic attainment, attitudes to school and attendance at school.
Arrangements are currently beingmade for an evaluation of the impact of the Executive’s Study Support programme.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures were put in place to support students and probationary teachers when the post of senior teacher was abolished.
Answer
None. There is no requirementfor a particular grade of teacher to be the nominated supporter for student teachersor probationer teachers. Support can be given by all levels of experienced teachingstaff.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in mainstream education are taking prescribed medication to control or modify their behaviour.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. Prescription data collected centrally are not patient-specific and donot record the condition for which the medicine has been prescribed.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many principal teachers of guidance have been employed in each local authority area in each of the last five years and what projections have been made for the employment of such teachers.
Answer
Information on the number ofprincipal teachers of guidance employed by local authorities for the last fiveyears is not held centrally. Incomplete data is available from the last teachercensus in 1998 and that is set out in the following table. The teacherworkforce planning exercise only projects requirements for the total number ofteachers required and no projection has been made regarding the numbers ofprincipal teachers of guidance.
Number of Principal Teachers of Guidance, 1998 Secondary SchoolCensus
The Census ofSecondary Teachers had a 94% Response Rate)
| Aberdeen City | 15 |
| Aberdeenshire | 11 |
| Angus | 5 |
| Argyll and Bute | 4 |
| Clackmannanshire | 4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3 |
| Dundee City | 6 |
| East Ayrshire | 5 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4 |
| East Lothian | 3 |
| East Renfrewshire | 3 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 32 |
| Eilean Siar | - |
| Falkirk | - |
| Fife | 6 |
| Glasgow City | 10 |
| Highland | - |
| Inverclyde | 4 |
| Midlothian | - |
| Moray | 6 |
| North Ayrshire | 5 |
| North Lanarkshire | 9 |
| Orkney Islands | - |
| Perth and Kinross | 2 |
| Renfrewshire | 3 |
| Scottish Borders | - |
| Shetland Islands | - |
| South Ayrshire | 4 |
| South Lanarkshire | 6 |
| Stirling | 2 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 3 |
| West Lothian | 6 |
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many principal teacher posts have been merged as a result of the implementation of the McCrone agreement.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. It is a matter for local authorities to determine staffing issues atlocal level.
