This report shows the destination status of young people approximately 9 months after they left school, from the 2008/09 school year.

The Scottish Government have issued New National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland: Consultation.

The Annual Revision of the Spring budget has been published. 

One of the main changes include:

• The Scottish Funding Council will receive an additional £20 million largely from savings secured from across other portfolios to help it meet the costs resulting from increased levels of higher and further education students entering the system this year.

Read the full document available on the Scottish Government's website. 

The Scottish Government have publicised the destinations of leavers for 2007/08.  This reports on all higher education qualifications, including those at HNC/ HND level and students that upgraded their previous higher education qualification.

For more information, download the full document

Attainment in Higher Education and Destinations of Leavers 2007-08

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop also announced that independent students will, for the first time since devolution, receive the same levels of income as dependent students supported by their parents.

The CLD Standards Council has now taken on three staff members to support the committees and to look at improving our communications with the field.

The first 14 secondary schools to benefit from the new £1.25 billion school building programme have been announced.