Motion
Education
S6M-19754 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Lodged on
17 Nov 2025Heard / answered on
19 Nov 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 19 Nov 2025
That the Parliament recognises that pupils and staff are being failed by the deteriorating learning and working environment in Scottish schools, overseen by the Scottish National Party administration.
Backed by
Supported by 2 additional MSPs
Lab 2
Lodged by
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
(Scottish Labour).
- Whitfield, Martin (Lab)
- Sweeney, Paul (Lab)
Final vote on motion (as amended)
19 Nov 2025
Carried
Show MSPs
For
63Against
54Abstain
1Not voted
11Amendments incorporated
- S6M-19754.2 Gilruth, Jenny — carried 64/53: As an amendment to motion S6M-19754 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Education), leave out from "that pupils" to end and insert "the challenges in Scotland’s schools post-COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with attendance and an increase in additional support needs (ASN); welcomes the additional funding agreed to in the Budget for 2025-26 to support outcomes for children with ASN, and to support and enhance the ASN workforce; acknowledges the key role that staff and teachers play to support children to succeed; welcomes the agreement last week, which ensures that Scotland’s teachers remain the highest paid in the UK, with an uplift of 7.5% over two years; remains committed to undertaking further work to reduce teacher workload, which sits alongside the commitment to reduce class contact time, and agrees to recognise and celebrate the successes of Scotland’s young people."
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Possible final motion text after carried amendments
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That the Parliament recognises the challenges in Scotland’s schools post-COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with attendance and an increase in additional support needs (ASN); welcomes the additional funding agreed to in the Budget for 2025-26 to support outcomes for children with ASN, and to support and enhance the ASN workforce; acknowledges the key role that staff and teachers play to support children to succeed; welcomes the agreement last week, which ensures that Scotland’s teachers remain the highest paid in the UK, with an uplift of 7.5% over two years; remains committed to undertaking further work to reduce teacher workload, which sits alongside the commitment to reduce class contact time, and agrees to recognise and celebrate the successes of Scotland’s young people.
Applied by the parser
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S6M-19754.2: leave out from "that pupils" to end and insert As an amendment to motion S6M-19754 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Education), leave out from "that pupils" to end and insert "the challenges in Scotland’s schools post-COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with attendance and an increase in additional support needs (ASN); welcomes the additional funding agreed to in the Budget for 2025-26 to support outcomes for children with ASN, and to support and enhance the ASN workforce; acknowledges the key role that staff and teachers play to support children to succeed; welcomes the agreement last week, which ensures that Scotland’s teachers remain the highest paid in the UK, with an uplift of 7.5% over two years; remains committed to undertaking further work to reduce teacher workload, which sits alongside the commitment to reduce class contact time, and agrees to recognise and celebrate the successes of Scotland’s 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
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-19754, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on education. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons. 1…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-19754.2, in the name of Jenny Gilruth, which seeks to amend motion S6M-19754, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on education, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Me…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-19754.1, in the name of Miles Briggs, which seeks to amend motion S6M-19754, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on education, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Mem…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The next question is, that motion S6M-19754, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on education, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The result of the division on motion S6M-19754, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on education, as amended, is: For 63, Against 54, Abstentions 1. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-19754Selected itemCarried 63/5417 Nov 2025 · Motion For Debate · Duncan-Glancy, PamThat the Parliament recognises that pupils and staff are being failed by the deteriorating learning and working environment in Scottish schools, overseen by the Scottish National Party administration.
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S6M-19754.1Linked amendment/itemDefeated 53/6318 Nov 2025 · Amendment · Briggs, MilesAs an amendment to motion S6M-19754 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Education), insert at end “; notes with deep concern the decline in standards and increasing pupil violence, which are intensifying pressures on teachers and support staff; believes that these trends reflect years of underinvestment and a failure to provide the support and resourc...
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S6M-19754.2Linked amendment/itemCarried 64/5318 Nov 2025 · Amendment · Gilruth, JennyAs an amendment to motion S6M-19754 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Education), leave out from "that pupils" to end and insert "the challenges in Scotland’s schools post-COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with attendance and an increase in additional support needs (ASN); welcomes the additional funding agreed to in the Budget for 2025-26 to support o...