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Pupils with Additional Support Needs on rise as teacher numbers cut – figures

The number of pupils with Additional Support Needs (ASN) has increased to record levels, with a third of all youngsters in Scotland’s classrooms now falling into this category. New figures published by the Scottish Government showed there were 232,...

15 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Scotland

Watchdog highlights gap between ‘ambition and reality’ over ASN youngsters

Watchdogs have called for action to tackle the “gap between ambition and reality” for children with additional support needs (ASN). Around a third of pupils in Scotland’s schools have some form of additional needs, with about 233,000 youngsters ...

17 May 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

Record number of additional support needs pupils prompts call for more teachers

Leading representatives for specialist care in education have called on the Scottish Government to provide better teaching resources as the number of pupils with additional support needs (ASN) has reached a record high. The latest Government ...

22 Mar 2023 at 21:26

Omitting ASN children from school photo was shameful, Humza Yousaf says

Omitting children who have “complex” needs from some school photographs was “shameful”, First Minister Humza Yousaf has said. A photography firm and the local council have apologised to parents after school pictures omitted children with ...

29 Mar 2024 at 18:56

Photography firm apologises for omitting ASN children from school photo

A photography firm has “sincerely” apologised to parents after additional school pictures omitted children with “complex” needs. Parents expressed their fury after it emerged a photographer working for Tempest Photography took ...

29 Mar 2024 at 13:28

Parents devastated as school photos offered without children with complex needs

Parents have received an apology from a Scottish council after a photography firm offered alternative pictures with or without children with “complex” needs. A photographer working for Tempest Photography took two separate ...

29 Mar 2024 at 08:38

Scotland

Education Secretary: Some Scottish secondary schools are too big

Some high schools in Scotland are too large, Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has said, warning this can affect education and the relationship teachers have with students. Ms Gilruth, who worked as a teacher before ...

20 Mar 2024 at 12:23

Scotland

Charities call for increase in ASN pupil funding

Charities say funding for children with additional support needs (ASN) must increase, as figures show spending per pupil has fallen by a third in a decade. The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition (SCSC), which ...

25 May 2023 at 16:41

Scotland

Use £150m from VAT hike on private schools for ASN pupils, ministers urged

The Scottish Government has been urged to use an estimated £150 million raised from a VAT hike on private school fees to increase additional support needs funding in state schools. The Scottish Children’s ...

19 Jul 2024 at 15:46

Scotland

Additional support for learning must be ‘fundamentally evaluated’, says watchdog

Additional support for learning (ASL) provision in Scotland must be “fundamentally evaluated” by Government and councils, a watchdog has said. Audit Scotland released its report on Thursday, finding 40% ...

27 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Scottish Government has failed children with additional needs, says Labour

The Scottish Government has “failed” children with additional support needs (ASN), Labour has claimed as figures show a 400% increase in the ratio of pupils to teachers. Figures released last week show ...

06 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Pupils with mental health issues increase almost 600% in decade, figures show

The number of pupils with mental health problems in Scotland has surged by nearly 600% in the last decade, analysis has revealed, as those with additional support needs (ASN) skyrocket. Between 2014 ...

09 Apr 2025 at 16:19

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