Motion
Stand Up for Quality Education
S6M-11875 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Lodged on
15 Jan 2024Heard / answered on
17 Jan 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 17 Jan 2024
That the Parliament acknowledges the recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, and the conclusions that educational standards in Scotland are declining; considers that there are a number of contributing factors that have led to the current difficulties in Scotland’s classrooms; notes the Educational Institute of Scotland’s (EIS) Stand Up for Quality Education campaign, which sets out recommendations on teacher workloads, resourcing for pupils with additional support needs (ASN) and addressing violent and disruptive behaviour in classrooms as key steps to improving the experience of pupils and teachers; agrees with the Scottish Government’s International Council of Education Advisers that “the time for commissioning reviews is now over”, and calls on the Scottish Government to set out a timetable for when it will deliver on its promises in education, including addressing the continued use of temporary teacher contracts, improving workloads by increasing non-contact time for teachers, addressing the gaps in teacher provision in geographical and subject areas, delivering structural reforms, including to the SQA and Education Scotland, and meeting its commitment to offer free breakfasts in primary and special schools.
Backed by
Supported by 1 additional MSP
Lab 1
Lodged by
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
(Scottish Labour).
- Whitfield, Martin (Lab)
Final vote on motion (as amended)
17 Jan 2024
Carried
Show MSPs
For
67Against
54Abstain
1Not voted
7Amendments incorporated
- S6M-11875.2 Gilruth, Jenny — carried 67/55: As an amendment to motion S6M-11875 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Stand Up for Quality Education), leave out from "and the conclusions" to end and insert “which highlight areas for improvement in Scottish education, particularly in mathematics; understands that the Scottish Government is taking forward a planned and systematic curriculum improvement cycle to enhance standards, which will focus initially on maths; welcomes the recent publication of the 2022-23 Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels (ACEL), which it recognises is the most comprehensive and up-to-date national data set on attainment and which shows record levels of attainment across primary school level and improvements in secondary school level; agrees that these results by Scotland’s pupils, teachers and school staff deserve commendation; notes that Scotland has the highest investment per pupil and lowest pupil/teacher ratio in the UK, and that, in addition to a record £830 million spend on additional support for learning (ASL), work is underway to update the Additional Support for Learning Action Plan and deliver a range of measures to improve the experiences and outcomes of pupils with additional needs; welcomes that Scotland has the most comprehensive free school meal offering of any nation in the UK, which will be further extended by investment in the 2024-25 Budget, and further welcomes the sector-wide agreement on the need for a holistic package of education reforms, which it agrees should be taken forward in partnership with Scotland’s teachers and young people.”
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That the Parliament acknowledges the recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, which highlight areas for improvement in Scottish education, particularly in mathematics; understands that the Scottish Government is taking forward a planned and systematic curriculum improvement cycle to enhance standards, which will focus initially on maths; welcomes the recent publication of the 2022-23 Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels (ACEL), which it recognises is the most comprehensive and up-to-date national data set on attainment and which shows record levels of attainment across primary school level and improvements in secondary school level; agrees that these results by Scotland’s pupils, teachers and school staff deserve commendation; notes that Scotland has the highest investment per pupil and lowest pupil/teacher ratio in the UK, and that, in addition to a record £830 million spend on additional support for learning (ASL), work is underway to update the Additional Support for Learning Action Plan and deliver a range of measures to improve the experiences and outcomes of pupils with additional needs; welcomes that Scotland has the most comprehensive free school meal offering of any nation in the UK, which will be further extended by investment in the 2024-25 Budget, and further welcomes the sector-wide agreement on the need for a holistic package of education reforms, which it agrees should be taken forward in partnership with Scotland’s teachers and young people.
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S6M-11875.2: leave out from "and the conclusions" to end and insert As an amendment to motion S6M-11875 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Stand Up for Quality Education), leave out from "and the conclusions" to end and insert “which highlight areas for improvement in Scottish education, particularly in mathematics; understands that the Scottish Government is taking forward a planned and systematic curriculum improvement cycle to enhance standards, which will focus initially on maths; welcomes the recent publication of the 2022-23 Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels (ACEL), which it recognises is the most comprehensive and up-to-date national data set on attainment and which shows record levels of attainment across primary school level and improvements in secondary school level; agrees that these results by Scotland’s pupils, teachers and school staff deserve commendation; notes that Scotland has the highest investment per pupil and lowest pupil/teacher ratio in the UK, and that, in addition to a record £830 million spend on additional support for learning (ASL), work is underway to update the Additional Support for Learning Action Plan and deliver a range of measures to improve the experiences and outcomes of pupils with additional needs; welcomes that Scotland has the most comprehensive free school meal offering of any nation in the UK, which will be further extended by investment in the 2024-25 Budget, and further welcomes the sector-wide agreement on the need for a holistic package of education reforms, which it agrees should be taken forward in partnership with Scotland’s teachers and young people.”
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 5 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-11875, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on stand up for quality education. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
There are six questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-11875.2, in the name of Jenny Gilruth, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11875, in the name …
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-11875.1, in the name of Liam Kerr, which also seeks to amend motion S6M-11875, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on stand up for quality education, be agreed …
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
The next question is, that motion S6M-11875, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on stand up for quality education, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 17 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 17 January 2024
The result of the division on motion S6M-11875, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on stand up for quality education, as amended, is: For 67, Against 54, Abstention 1. Motion, as amended, agreed to, …
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-11875Selected itemCarried 67/5415 Jan 2024 · Motion For Debate · Duncan-Glancy, PamThat the Parliament acknowledges the recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, and the conclusions that educational standards in Scotland are declining; considers that there are a number of contributing factors that have led to the current difficulties in Scotland’s classrooms; notes the Educational Institute of Scotland&...
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S6M-11875.1Linked amendment/itemDefeated 31/9116 Jan 2024 · Amendment · Kerr, LiamAs an amendment to motion S6M-11875 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Stand Up for Quality Education), insert at end “; supports the principles of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party’s New Deal for Teachers, and calls on the Scottish Government to reduce contact time and class sizes and end the culture of temporary contracts.”
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S6M-11875.2Linked amendment/itemCarried 67/5516 Jan 2024 · Amendment · Gilruth, JennyAs an amendment to motion S6M-11875 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Stand Up for Quality Education), leave out from "and the conclusions" to end and insert “which highlight areas for improvement in Scottish education, particularly in mathematics; understands that the Scottish Government is taking forward a planned and systematic curriculum improve...