As an amendment to motion S6M-17524 in the name of Miles Briggs (Review of Additional Support for Learning and Implementation of Mainstreaming), insert at end "; notes that the Scottish Parliament's Education, Children and Young People Committee found that the 'overwhelming view' of evidence was that 'the principle of the presumption of mainstreaming is laudable and should be supported' but that the gap between the policy intention and its implementation is 'intolerable' and must be addressed; believes that parents and carers of young people with additional support needs (ASN) should not have to fight for everything that their child needs; regrets that, years on from the Morgan Review, there has not been enough progress; believes that teacher workload and the lack of availability of other support services and staff that young people with ASN need have contributed to a system that is overstretched, and calls on the Scottish Ministers to urgently bring forward a comprehensive strategy to increase the ASN and pastoral care workforce, restore access to vital support services, and create a specific ASN parents forum to feed directly into policy."
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, May 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Submitted by: Maree Todd, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025