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Why not hold an 'alternative' sports day with MAC?...
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If you are helping to plan improvements to your school’s play spaces then this may be the answer to your funding problems. School within the UK that wish to improve their play spaces have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Playgro...
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We are delighted to announce that Janet Brown, Chief Executive of SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) has agreed to speak at our Annual Conference on Saturday 7th November at the Royal Glasgow Concert Hall. She will be talking about the qualifications...
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Membership Information for 2008 - 2009 in relation to Insurance This leaflet explains the cover provided through SPTC membership for PTAs/PAs, Parent Councils and extra-curricular clubs/groups. Insurance forms part of membership. The a...
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Does your child need additional support at school? If so, you may want to read this new handbook from the Scottish Consumer Council: 'Supporting Children and Young People's Learning'....
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SPTC comments on the news that Aberdeenshire Council are advising pupils not to travel on public buses to school due to the concerns of some parents....
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Following comments from a former director of education that money spent on the administration of Disclosure checks would be better spent on community-based projects, SPTC's Judith Gillespie was quoted in an article in 'The Herald'....
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SPTC's Development Manager attacked the idea that school bullies should be removed from their families and put into foster care.
The idea came from Rev. Ewan Aitken, spokesman for COSLA, the local authority umbrella group.
Judith Gillespie from the ...
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SPTC believe that parents should try to support their local schools rather than applying for a placing request.
SPTC was asked to comment on statistics released by the Scottish Executive which showed that local authorities received 31.076 placing req...
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Teachers are threatening to go on strike over plans to raise the retirement age. The two main teaching unions, SSTA and EIS are to ballot their members to gauge their opinion on going on strike.
Judith Gillespie, SPTC Development Manager commented in ...
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Parents in Glasgow are to be asked for their opinions of sex/sexual health education via a survey run by the Teenage Pregnancy Steering Group. Judith Gillespie, SPTC's Development Manager comments in an article on the BBC website.
Commenting on the g...
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In a bid to cut the prices during school breaks, ABTA, (the Association of British Travel Agents) are to ask their Scottish members to consider discounting holidays during school breaks. This is because of a rise in children missing lessons because of fam...
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In a Scotsman article on February 8th, Eleanor Coner, SPTC Information Officer commented on the suspension of a Borders Headteacher. Parents had complained about his 'lack of performance and questionable teaching methods'....
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A report in the 'Edinburgh Evening News' on Wednesday 9th February 2005 revealed that although there has been a fall in incidents of bullying over the last five years in Edinburgh, there is an increase in the numbers of reports. Judith Gillespie, SPTC De...
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Education chiefs are offering shopping vouchers to people who recommend a friend for a teaching post. SPTC Development Manager, Judith Gillespie made the following comment in 'The Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening News':...
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Glasgow City Council have been talking to parents and teachers to see if they would be in favour of their Primary 1 children starting 'full-time' at school. Eleanor Coner spoke to the Evening Times ...
She said: 'There are lots of families where pare...
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Brown takes taxing view of the nanny stateThe Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK... First of all, as Judith Gillespie of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC) says, the research is 'pretty crude' in that in some respects it simply states ...
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Headteacher "attacked by boy of eight'The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK... The SPTC told BBC Scotland's Politics Show that serious measures had to be taken to protect the education of the majority, where it is being disrupted by ...
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Nursery children do better in classThe Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK... Judith Gillespie of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC), which campaigned in the 1990s for local authorities to provide nursery education for pre-school ...
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Parents slam school counselling schemeThe Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK... But last night, Eleanor Coner, of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC), said the pupils were too young to be given counselling sessions. ... ...
