Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
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To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported reduction in the number of secondary school pupils studying modern languages.
To ask the Scottish Government how it has equipped local authorities to support children who did not experience transition stages of education from (a) nursery to primary and (b) primary to secondary school as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local authorities to engage in collaborative action to reduce instances of low-level and serious disruptive behaviour of school pupils.
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement Education Scotland had with teachers to develop the practical materials “on areas such as expectations and consequences” that the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills referred to in her statement of 29 November 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that local authorities will require any additional resources to support the strengthening of an evidence base on school behaviour trends.
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to publish a national action plan on behaviour in schools.
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to measure whether school leavers have achieved their full potential.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with independent education providers regarding any presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the private education estate.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on its findings from the three summits that it held on violence and behaviour in schools.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21888 by Jenny Gilruth on 25 October 2023, who it has contracted to deliver the Provision of Education Workforce Modelling and Analysis exercise.