Parents and Carers

These pages have been developed as a specific resource for Parents and Carers. They contain lots of useful information about services available for Parents, Carers and their children. They also include advice and support for Parents and Carers on helping their child to develop their skills in a number of different areas.

If you are a Parent or Carer looking for information that isn’t currently available in this section please email education@aberdeenshire.gov.uk with your ideas for new content.

• Child Protection
  Find out about local contacts and advice on Child Protection.

• Getting it right for every child and the Integrated Assessment Framework
  Getting it right for every child is a Scottish Government's policy to make sure every child or young person achieves their potential. The Integrated Assessment Framework is part of this policy. It helps everyone who works with children to work more effectively together and with families to make things better for children.

• School Information
  Find information on choosing a school for your child, details of Aberdeenshire catchment areas, details of Aberdeenshire Council's school excursion policy, information about the Aberdeenshire Council Instrumental Music Service, details of Aberdeenshire Council’s policy on boarding schools, information about School Travel Plans, and downloadable Notes for Parents documents.

• Curriculum Framework
  Find information about Aberdeenshire Council's policies about the 3-18 Curriculum Framework and a Curriculum for Excellance.
  
  Information on school term dates, school contact details, school closures, school meals, HMIe reports, and school building improvement can be found in the Schools section
• Support for Families
  Find out about the Early Intervention Service, and learn more about how to help your child with reading, writing, drawing and numbers. Find out more about the services provided by the Aberdeenshire Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service, and view advice on helping your child develop their motor skills (e.g balancing, body awareness, planning and organising). View information about educating your child at home.

• Additional Support Needs
  Find out about our guidelines to support children and young people's learning. Currently we have Pathways to Policy - the common link between all our policies; Support for autism; Support for Gypsy/Travellers; Support for Literacy; Support for Motor Skills and Promoting Positive Relationships., Sensory Support Service which includes their guidelines; Aberdeenshire Accessibility Strategy; English as an Additional Language Service; ASPECTS; ASSIST and CALM.

• Educational Psychology Service
  Aberdeenshire Educational Psychology Service is an innovative and dynamic Service. Find out more about our service and how to contact us.

• Financial Assistance
  Find information on applying for an Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA),  Free School Meals, School Clothing Grants, and Free School Transport.

• Health and Wellbeing
  View information on the Active Schools, ALEC, TOP, and Water in Schools programmes.

• Parental Involvement
  Read about Parent Forums and Councils, and find out more about volunteering at your child’s school.

• Frequently Asked Questions
  Have a read through our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from Parents and Carers.