The right help at the right time in the right place: strategy for the learning provision for children and young people with complex additional support needs 2017-2026

Why do we need Strategic Commissioning for Learners with Complex Additional Support Needs?

The National Improvement Framework and Curriculum for Excellence apply to all children and young people including those with complex additional support needs. Given that these needs are of relatively low incidence^[8] and attract a high level of resourcing and require specialist input, Scottish education requires a particular strategy to ensure that the needs of this group are met. This Strategy sets out how this will be addressed over the next decade.

This Strategy addresses the current key priorities for the National Improvement Framework, which are:

• Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy;
• Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children;
• Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and
• Improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people