Fair funding to achieve excellence and equity in education: consultation

This consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government’s future approach to school funding.

The consultation invites views on the way education is currently funded in Scotland, the purpose of developing a new, more consistent approach to school fundi


Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2017) Education Governance: Next Steps - Empowering Our Teachers, Parents and Communities to Deliver Excellence and Equity for Our Children http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/thegovernancereview

2 SQA (2016) Attainment Statistics (August). https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/2016-sqa-attainment-summary.pdf

3 Scottish Government (2016) Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living, No.6: 2016 Edition. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/06/4523

4 Scottish Government (2017 c) Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy 2016 (Literacy) http://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-survey-literacy-numeracy-2016-literacy/

5 Scottish Government (2015) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015: Highlights from Scotland's Results http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00511095.pdf

6 Scottish Government (2017) Education Governance: Next Steps - Empowering Our Teachers, Parents, and Communities to Deliver Excellence and Equity for Our Children http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/thegovernancereview

7 Scottish Government (2016) Empowering Teachers, Parents and Communities to Achieve Excellence and Equity in education: A Governance Review http://www.gov.scot/publications/empowering-teachers-parents-communities-achieve-excellence-equity-education-governance-review/

8 Scottish Government (2017) A Blueprint for 2020: The Expansion of Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland 2017-18 Action Plan http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/03/8937

9 Accounts Commission (2014) School Education http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2014/nr_140619_school_education.pdf

10 Gibbons, S and McNally, S (2013) The Effects of Resources Across School Phases: A Summary of Recent Evidence, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1226

11 Scottish Government (2016) Financial Review of Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland: the current landscape, http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00506148.pdf

12 Scottish Government (2017) A Blueprint for 2020: The Expansion of Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland 2017-18 Action Plan http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/03/8937

13 Scottish Parliament Education & Skills Committee (2017) How is Additional Support for Learning working in practice, 6th Report, http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Education/Reports/ASN_6th_Report_2017.pdf

14 Accounts Commission (2014) School Education http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2014/nr_140619_school_education.pdf

15 OECD (2015) Improving Schools In Scotland: An OECD Perspective http://www.oecd.org/education/school/Improving-Schools-in-Scotland-An-OECD-Perspective.pdf

16 Accounts Commission (2014) School Education http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2014/nr_140619_school_education.pdf

17 Accounts Commission (2014) School Education http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2014/nr_140619_school_education.pdf

18 Gibbons, S and McNally, S (2013) The Effects of Resources Across School Phases: A Summary of Recent Evidence, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1226

Contact

Email: Deborah Davies

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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