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Education and Children's Services Policy Framework
The Education and Children's Services Service uses a series of national and local policies to govern how the services are delivered. In addition, our National Improvement Framework plan details how we will make improvements to experiences and education of young people in Aberdeenshire.
The Education and Children's Services Policy Framework sets out the guiding principles, policy commitments and long term goals that form the basis for policies and procedures which give direction to the planning and development of the service.
Culture and leadership
Culture and Leadership policy statement (pdf 118KB)
Developing our Systems, Structures and Staff Development
Developing our Systems, Structures and Staff Development policy statement (pdf 130kb)
Improving learning
Improving Learning policy statement (pdf 130KB)
Effective Resources Management
Effective Resources Management Policy Statement (pdf 128kb)
National policy and statutory guidance:
SNCT Handbook - Teachers Conditions of Service
Aberdeenshire policies and guidelines:
- Aberdeenshire School Estate Management Plan (SEMP)
- Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers (LNCT) Agreements (pdf 200KB)
- New Build Nursery and Pre-School Provision Brief
- New Build Primary School Brief (pdf 3.78MB)
- Primary School Teacher Staffing Levels
- Secondary School Teacher Staffing Levels
National Curriculum
- Curriculum for Excellence
- Education Scotland - National Improvement Hub
- Scottish Qualifications Authority - National Qualifications Framework, Subject Guidelines, Advice for Parents, Staff and Learners
Pre-School
National policy and statutory guidance:
- Building the Curriculum 1 (2008) (pdf 402Kb)
- Building the Curriculum 2 (2008) (pdf 658Kb)
- Building the Curriculum 3 (2008) (pdf 382Kb)
- Building the Curriculum 4 (2009) (pdf 645Kb)
- Building the Curriculum 5 (2010) (pdf 497Kb)
- National Early Years Framework I (2009)
- Getting it Right for Every Child (2006)
- Equally Well (2008)
Aberdeenshire policy:
Early Years Pre-School Education Policy 2013-2014 (pdf 34.3kb)
Admissions
National policies and statutory guidance:
Education (Scotland) Act 1980, s28A (as amended by subsequent legislation)
Aberdeenshire policies and guidelines:
- Admission Limits and Reserved Places for Secondary Schools (March 2005) (pdf 160 kb)
- Admission Limits for Secondary Schools (March 2006) (pdf 36.6 kb)
- Reserved Places at Secondary Schools (March 2006) (pdf 202 kb)
- Variation on Admission Limits for Secondary Schools 2010-2011 (pdf 49.7 kb)
- School Zoning 2008 (pdf 35.9 kb)
- Admission Procedures for Primary and Secondary Schools (pdf 259 kb)
Planning and performance
Planning and Performance Policy Statement (pdf 130kb)
National policy and statutory guidance:
- Improving our Curriculum Through Self-Evaluation
- Improving Outcomes for Learners Through Self Evaluation
- How Good is our School - The Journey to Excellence
- Better Behaviour - Better Learning - A Joint Action Plan (pdf 659KB)
Aberdeenshire policies and guidelines
- A Quality Improvement Framework for the Education and Children's Services Service (pdf 1.34mb)
- School Discipline and the use of Exclusion (pdf 88.5kb)
- Guidelines on Exclusion of Pupils from School (pdf 149kb)
- Bullying (pdf 11.55kb)
Service standards and quality reports
- Education and Children's Services Standards & Quality Report 2011/12
- Education and Children's Services Standards & Quality Report 2009/10
- Education and Children's Services Standards & Quality Report 2008/09
Promoting inclusion
Promoting Inclusion Policy Statement (pdf 137KB)
Sustainable Communities and Economies
Sustainable Communities and Economies policy statement (pdf 130KB)
Community Learning and Development
National policies and statutory guidance:
- Working and Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities (2004) (pdf 328 kb)
- National Youth Work Strategy (2007) (pdf 1492kb)
- More Choices, More Chances Strategy (2006) (pdf 454kb)
Aberdeenshire policies:
Working and Learning together to build stronger communities in Aberdeenshire 2009-2012 (pdf 410kb)
Heritage
Aberdeenshire policies:
- Heritage Education and Lifelong Learning 2007 (pdf 19.5kb)
- Heritage Acquisition and Disposal 2007-12 (pdf 74.5kb)
- Heritage Access 2007 (pdf 13.5kb)
- Heritage Entry 2007-12 (pdf 22.5kb)
- Heritage Exit 2007-12 (pdf 29.9kb)
- Heritage Handling 2007-13 (pdf 29.6kb)
- Heritage Loans Out 2007-12 (pdf 39.3kb)
- Heritage Loss 2007-2012 (pdf 25.6kb)
- Heritage Loans In 2007-12 (pdf 36.4kb)