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Top up child benefit to over 11,000 children in Kilkenny to be paid tomorrow

A local councillor has welcomed the additional 100 per child in Child Benefit Payments which will be paid to families to help cope with the increasing cost of living. The additional support means that €240 per child will be paid this month in ...

05 Jun 2023 at 17:33

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 represents groups providing ...

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 Services Coalition (SCSC) said the ...

19 Jul 2024 at 15:46

Scotland

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 ...

15 Mar 2022 at 18:55

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 photos of the ...

29 Mar 2024 at 08:38

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 ...

29 Mar 2024 at 18:56

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Extra supports announced for special schools in Kilkenny

Five special schools in Kilkenny can apply for the application of additional targeted supports including increased post primary hours and an additional administrative deputy principal as part of an €11 million project. Minister of ...

23 Apr 2024 at 15:33

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

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 entering ...

20 Mar 2024 at 12:23

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 ...

22 Mar 2023 at 21:26

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% of Scotland’s ...

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 the number of ...

06 Apr 2025 at 00:01

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