ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS TRIBUNAL FOR SCOTLAND

Providing independent and expert ruling in a user friendly way

Welcome to the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland

As of 14 November 2005, the Scottish Government brought into effect some important changes to the law affecting children and young people’s education in Scotland. These changes help children and young people who require additional support to benefit from education.

One of these changes was the establishment of our Tribunal service which hears cases brought by parents and young people concerning provision made for children and young people facing the biggest barriers to learning. These children have their needs identified in a co-ordinated support plan.

The law has changed as a result of new legislation called the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2004. This Act made provision for the establishment of new Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland.

 

Latest News and Events

**Thursday 03rd July 2008**

Please note that all members of the Secretariat will be out of the office attending to Tribunal business on Thursday 03rd July 2008. If you need to contact the Tribunal, please leave a message on the Voicemail or send an email to the enquiries inbox and we will respond to you on Friday.

 

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS TRIBUNALS FOR SCOTLAND 2007/2008 NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD

The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 places a duty on the President to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Scottish Ministers, each year on the work of the Tribunals during the preceding year from 1 April to 31 March. The President has now submitted her report for 2007/2008 to the Scottish Ministers.

This report covers the second full operational year for the Tribunals and it will be of interest to all Tribunal users and those involved with children and young people with additional support needs.

Your can download a PDF copy of the report by clicking on this Link opens in new windowlink.

CONSULTATION ON THE EDUCATION (ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LEARNING) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2004.

The consultation on amendments to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 is currently underway and includes consideration:

  • of the rights of young people and parents of children with additional support needs to make out of area placing requests;
  • following a successful out of area placing request, parental and young people's access to mediation and dispute resolution from the host authority; and
  • increased parental and young people's rights in respect of access to the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (ASNTS) regarding failures by the education authority.

You can download a copy of the consulation papers in full by clicking Link opens in new windowhere.

TUG EVENT 2008

Please note that our next Tribunal User Group event will be taking place on Monday 03rd November 2008 in Perth Concert Hall. More details will follow in due course.

REPORT FROM 9 NOVEMBER 2007 TRIBUNAL USER GROUP (TUG)

A report summarising the Tribunal User Group (TUG) event held in Glasgow on 9 November 2007 can be accessed here.

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