Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01759 · Session 5

Equal school hours for all children in Scotland

Closed Submitted 11 Sep 2019 Education
Signatures
0
121 online signatures with a country
Comments
5
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all children receive the same teaching hours across the whole of Scotland.

What the petitioner did first

I have written to school, my local councillor and my MSP.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 21 Nov 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 3 Sep 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 12 Nov 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

121 online signatures
  1. Scotland95 78.5%
  2. United Kingdom22 18.2%
  3. England4 3.3%

Comments

5 comments, oldest first
  1. Conrad Kitson 11 Sep 2019
    As a teacher, parent and grand parent l strongly believe that all children deserve equal opportunity of teaching and time being taught.
  2. Fiona Bremner 11 Sep 2019
    Teaching should be consistent across the country
  3. Ruth Craxton 12 Sep 2019
    I know a girl in Highland that has been on the school roll since April 2018 but only managed to attend a handful of weeks due to extreme anxiety. She has received next to no education since June 2018. Nothing, nada, zilch. This person even has a CSP!
  4. Paula Mitchell 13 Sep 2019
    All children should have an equal right to equal hours and quality education in a progressive forward looking Scotland.
    If we are looking to promote successful learners then it is hardly fair to reduce input to learners based on their post code.
    Teaching time is crucial to extend skills, knowledge and understanding in learners. It's only logical to assume that less teaching time means less input to learners development.
  5. Philippa Sharp 17 Sep 2019
    I am very glad that someone feels as strongly about this as I do. A few years ago Councillors tried to garner the support of Parent councils to support the Highland Council in continuing with the shorter hours. There were many flaws in their persuasions. Indeed the most ridiculous was that the children have to travel further and are therefore too tired. Completely irrelevant in central Inverness when our younger children have to hang about for 30 minutes waiting for the only bus that arrives for the older ones. When discussed further at the subsequent Parent Council meeting, the Head and her staff were categorical that the extra time would be welcomed by them not least in being able to deliver the curriculum.