16 March 2024: The City of Edinburgh Council ASN Mainstream Locality Meeting was held on 22 February 2024, and the NE/SE Locality Meeting was held on 28 February 2024.
Minutes and presentations from these meetings are available below.
Meeting minutes – ASN
Meeting minutes – NE/SE
30 November 2023: The ASN Mainstream Locality Meeting for City of Edinburgh Council and representatives from area Parent Councils, met on 16th November 2023.
A copy of the presentation made is available below, along with minutes from the meeting:
Digital Learning Update for Localities – opens as pdf
ASN Mainstream Locality meeting minutes – opens as pdf
The NW/SW Locality Meeting and the NE/SE Locality Meeting took place on November 21st & November 22nd 2023, respectively. The minutes for these meetings are available below:
NW/SW Locality Meeting minutes – downloads docx
NE/SE Locality Meeting minutes – downloads docx
9 October 2023: The NE/SE Parental Engagement Locality Meeting for City of Edinburgh Council and representatives from area Parent Councils, met on 27 September 2023. Copies of the presentations made are available below, along with minutes from the meeting:
Learning for Sustainability (opens as pdf)
Celebrating Success (opens as pdf)
NE/SE Locality Meeting minutes 27 September 2023 (opens as pdf)
Bonus item – you can also read the October edition of the Connect newsletter below:
10 December 2022: A few updates from Connect, the NE/SE Parental Engagement Locality Group and the new Guide to Children’s Rights are given below.
The December 2022 issue of the Connect newsletter is now available
The Edinburgh Council NE/SE Parental Engagement Locality Group met on 23 November 2022.
The meeting minute and presentation given by Stephen Kelly, Senior Education Manager on the National Discussion consultation process, are now available:
NE/SE Localities meeting minute 23 November 2022
Education Reform, Stephen Kelly
The new Guide to Children’s Rights for parents and carers has just been launched.
Children’s rights | Parent Club
The booklet was created by the United Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Parents Network, made up of parenting organisations and Scottish Government policy officials. They have been meeting for over a year to look at how best to inform parents, carers and family members about the rights of their children. The new guide conveys broad universal messaging about children’s rights and has adopted a warm and reassuring tone.
The resource provides information about children’s rights and introduces the UNCRC, which sets out the rights that all children and young people should expect and what they need to grow up happy, healthy and safe. It outlines the central role played by parents and families and also recognises that they need protection and assistance to support the rights and wellbeing of their children.
If you would like any more information please contact Shelly Coyne.
17 November 2022: The NE and SE Locality Meeting for representatives of Parent Councils and Senior Education officers of the City of Edinburgh Council met on 26 October 2022.
Minutes from this meeting are now available.
12 March 2022: The Council has set up a forum for meeting with parents with children with ASN in mainstream schooling, which feeds into discussions with Councillors and senior Council staff at the CCwP (Consultative Committee with Parents) before each Education, Children and Families Committee meeting (6 per year).
The last meeting was on 31 January and looked at Digital Learning and Pathways for Support. The minutes and presentations can be found here.
Minutes of Meeting on 31 January 2022
Empowered Learning – David McKee 31 January 2022
Terms of Reference for ASN in Mainstream Schooling Forum
The Parent Council would like to hear from parents who have issues they would like raised via this this group. Please contact the PC email to be put in contact with our rep on the group.
11 February 2022: The NE/SE Parental Engagement Locality Group Meeting with City of Edinburgh Council was held on 1 February 2022 via Microsoft Teams.
You can read the minutes of the meeting and access presentations on the Learning Estate and the CEC Digital Consortia below:
Minutes of NE/SE Locality Meeting 1 February 2022
30 November 2021: The JGHS Parent Council was represented at the last meeting of the NE-SE Locality Group by PC chair Sarah Scott.
A brief presentation on the recent Scottish Government consultation on assessment in Scotland, and the meeting minutes are available below:
21 May 2021: The Council’s SE/NE Locality meeting took place on 27 April 2021 and looked at the following issues:
An update on developments across the school estate was given by Robbie Crockatt, Acting School Estate Planning Officer.
Learning Estate Update April 2021
Possible changes to school holiday arrangements to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee were discussed.
The Council gave a further update on arrangements for SQA assessments, following a number of concerns raised by Parent Councils.
SQA Alternative Certification Model update April 2021
Secondary PC chair meeting 31 March 2021
Issues such as pressure on pupils and schools, the lack of contingency arrangements for Covid-19 outbreaks and the SQA’s failure to put in place an appeals process were discussed.
12 February 2021: The Council’s NE/SE Locality meeting was held on 19 January 2021.
The main topics discussed were:
School session dates 2022/2025 – the Council will be sending out a questionnaire to parents, teachers and pupils looking at arrangements for school holidays up until 2025.
Remote Learning Provision – including the roll out of digital devices; the provision of Wifi to those without it; the availability of online teaching/learning resources; the approach to remote learning across Edinburgh schools.
A copy of the presentation can be found here:
NE/SE Locality Meetings January 2021
A note of the meeting can be found here:
JGHS Parent Council 