Glasgow City Council has a duty, as outlined in the standards in Scotland’s Schools 2000 Act, to ensure that your child achieves their potential.  Glasgow’s Education

Services  is committed to the inclusion of all children and young people with additional support needs, where possible, within mainstream schools.  This is in accordance with the statutory requirement in the 2000 Act. It is also part of Glasgow’s policy to maintain a range of special educational establishments.  This recognises the key role to be played by specialist provisions in addressing severe low incidence disabilities.  The authority recognises that there are a wide range of factors, which may act as a barrier to your child’s learning.  We are committed to working closely with parents and carers to ensure that you are fully involved in overcoming barriers to learning

We aim to give all the children the opportunity to progress and develop their skills within the nursery. Parent/carers who have any concerns

about their child’s development should discuss this with the Head Teacher (additional support needs co-ordinator) and/or the child’s Key Worker.  If the nursery staff identify areas where a child would benefit from additional support then we will discuss this with you and together decide on the best course of action to help him/her. If necessary we can help get support from other agencies e.g. speech and language therapist, educational psychologist, etc.

Additional support needs may be linked to a learning difficulty or disability but could also apply to a child or young person suffering from bereavement who required pastoral support, a more able child/young person or those with a particular talent, which needs to be fully developed.  The policy requires all establishments to provide an environment where children and young people with additional support needs are actively encouraged to be effective learners and benefit from their education.

Any parent/carer seeking further advice regarding this policy should contact the Head of Nursery in the first instance. If a parent is unhappy with the support their child is getting, they must first discuss this with the school in order to seek a resolution at a local level.

Further information relating to Additional Support Needs is also available on the Glasgow City Council website