Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review Education Support (ES) staff roles in order to consider:
• Urgently raising wages for Education Support Staff across primary and secondary sectors to £26K p/a
• Increasing the hours of the working day for ES staff from 27.5 to 35 hours
• Allowing ESS to work on Personal Learning Plans with teachers/ take part in multiagency meetings.
• Requiring ESS to register with Scottish Social Services Council
• Paying ES staff monthly
Petitioner: Roisin Taylor-Young
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 21 July 2022
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SPICe Briefing (126.7KB, pdf) (127KB, pdf) posted 20 September 2022
9 November 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, COSLA and the Scottish Social Services Council.
Official Report of Meeting 9 November 2022
31 May 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 31 May 2023
20 March 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.
Official Report of Meeting 20 March 2024
19 March 2025: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.
Official Report of Meeting 19 March 2025
PE1953/A: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 28 July 2022 (10KB, pdf) posted 02 August 2022
PE1953/B: Petitioner submission of 19 October 2022 (167KB, pdf) posted 27 October 2022
PE1953/C:COSLA submission of 12 December 2022 (68KB, pdf) posted 19 December 2022
PE1953/D: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 6 January 2023 (8KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023
PE1953/E: Scottish Social Service Council submission of 20 January 2023 (56KB, pdf) posted 30 January 2023
PE1953/F: Petitioner submission of 30 May 2023 (216KB, pdf) posted 31 May 2023
PE1953/G: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 31 January 2024 (164KB, pdf) posted 06 February 2024
PE1953/H: Petitioner submission of 19 March 2024 (112KB, pdf) posted 19 March 2024
PE1953/I: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 29 May 2024 (18KB, pdf) posted 02 July 2024
PE1953/J: Scottish Government written submission, 19 February 2025 (71KB, pdf) posted 26 February 2025
PE1953/K: Petitioner written submission, 1 March 2025 (90KB, pdf) posted 12 March 2025