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Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 |
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The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 introduces a new framework for providing for children and young people who require some additional help with their learning. The Act aims to ensure that all children and young people are provided with the necessary support to help them work towards achieving their full potential. It also promotes joint working among all those supporting children and young people.
The Act provides young people and parents with the right to have an independent advocate present at any discussions or meetings with an education authority in regard to the authority's functions under the Act. The education authority must comply with the wish to have an independent advocate present unless these wishes are unreasonable.
Education authorities should, as a matter of good practice, make parents and young people aware of this right and how they can find out how to access such services. Education authorities do not have a duty to provide or pay for an independent advocate. They should include, in their information materials for parents, include details about the right to an independent advocate, and how parents or young people can find out what services are in their area.
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