Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC)

The school has many ways of supporting children, both curricular and pastoral, and designated staff are allocated to children as required, within the school’s positive and safe environment. Learning activities help our pupils develop the knowledge and skills to keep themselves safe and appropriate programmes for health and personal safety are provided as part of the overall curriculum provision. Parents are given information on specific health and safety programmes, including Internet safety. We make it clear to pupils that they will be respected and listened to.

All staff in the school are required to be aware of child protection issues and are provided with regular information on Child Protection Policy and Procedures. The school maintains close working relationships with all other relevant agencies to ensure appropriate information is shared and that professionals from various agencies work collaboratively for the well-being of the children and young people. All staff have a responsibility to report concerns regarding the welfare or safety of a child or young person to the Headteacher. If the Headteacher, or the DHT is of the view that there may be grounds for concern, they will immediately contact the duty senior social worker and advise them of the circumstances. All of our pupils have frequent and regular opportunities to discuss their learning with adults who know them well. The school’s curriculum structure has time allocated for such discussions each week, with teachers supporting pupils in setting appropriate goals for the next stages in learning.

For Further information on School Support Processes please see the Additional Support Needs Policy of the school website or ask for a copy at the school office. Information on “Getting it Right for Every Child is available on

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright

The key adult who has the overall picture of each pupil’s progress, in the first instance is their teacher’s class teacher however the Headteacher also has an overview of each child’s learning and is happy to discuss progress with parents at any time.

In addition to the information shown above, parents may find the following information from the PKC website below as specified by the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 which includes –

1. a) the authority’s policy in relation to provision for additional support needs,
2. b) the arrangements made by the authority in making appropriate arrangement for keeping under consideration the additional support needs of each such child and young person and the particular additional support needs of the children and young persons so identified.
3. c) the other opportunities available under this Act for the identification of children and young persons who –
4. a) have additional support needs,
5. b) require, or would require, a co-ordinated support plan,
6. c) the role of parents, children and young persons in the arrangements referred to in paragraph (b),
7. d) the mediation services provided
8. e) the officer or officers of the authority from whom parents of children having additional support needs, and young person’s having such needs, can obtain advice and further information about provision for such needs.

 http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/17278/Schools-additional-support

The following organisations also offer advice, further information and support to parents of children and young people with ASN. These organisations are identified under The Additional Support for Learning (Sources of Information) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 as:

1. a) Children in Scotland: Working for Children and Their Families, trading as “Enquire – the Scottish advice and information service for additional support for learning”, a charitable body registered in Scotland under registration number SC003527; Enquire offers independent, confidential advice and information on additional support for learning through:

Telephone Helpline: 0845 123 2303

Email Enquiry service: info@enquire.org.uk

Advice and information is also available at https://enquire.org.uk/

Enquire provides a range of clear and easy-to-read guides and factsheets including The parents’ guide to additional support for learning.

1. b) Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance, a charitable body registered in Scotland under registration number SC033576; and
2. c) Scottish Child Law Centre, a charitable body registered in Scotland under registration number SCO12741.