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What year was ASN subject registration started?

The earliest recorded Additional Support Needs (ASN) registration was awarded on 01 August 1996.  

Have you monitored the uptake of this registration particularly with regards to the city of Edinburgh? Has interest in being registered grown or declined since inception?

We do not monitor uptake of registration of ASN and cannot provide answers in relation to specific areas or more specifically the city of Edinburgh. Employment information is not collected as part of the registration application process, so we are unable to report on interest having grown or declined for any local authority. Employment information is self-reported by registrants and it is not possible to determine if a particular employer was recorded at the time of an application. We are therefore unable to provide this information under section 17 of FOISA—Information not held.  

My understanding is that very few permanent staff at special needs schools are registered.

It is a legal requirement for all teachers employed in Scottish schools to be registered with GTC Scotland, including ASN teachers. However, we do not register or regulate all school staff, for example Pupil Support Assistants, so not all permanent staff at special needs schools will be registered with us.

Does the GTCS actively promote with COSLA a programme of encouraging uptake of this ASN registration amongst special needs staff or future staff in Scotland?

We do not hold any information on an active programme of encouraging ASN uptake amongst special needs staff or future staff in Scotland and have applied section 17 of FOISA—information not held.  

By way of advice and assistance, you may wish to submit an information request to COSLA, as they may hold information of interest to you.

Right to review and appeal

You may request a review of how we have dealt with this information request if you are dissatisfied with this response. This can be done by contacting us at informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk, describing your original request and explaining the basis for your dissatisfaction. You have 40 working days from receipt of this response to submit a review request. When the review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you can apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision within 6 months of a review request. You can obtain details of how to do this in the Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance on making an appeal.