Education and Gaelic Committee
The Committee was established in June 2026. It focuses on:
- early years, childcare and wraparound care
- schools, colleges and universities
- Additional Support Needs and support for learning
- apprenticeships and Skills Development Scotland
- child protection and looked-after children
- the Children’s Hearings system
- youth work
- children's rights and services
- Gaelic, Scots and BSL
- community learning and development
- the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and Scotland's Redress Scheme.
The Committee agreed a Strategic Plan for Session 7.
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Dates for future meetings
The Education and Gaelic Committee usually meets on Tuesday.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Current work
Correspondence
Correspondence
Education and Gaelic Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2027-28 - follow-up information from meeting on 6 October 2026
20 October 2026
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic to the Convener, 20 October 2026
Education and Gaelic Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2027-28 - Letter from Scottish Government of 9 October 2026
9 October 2026
Letter from the Deputy Director for Workforce, Quality and Wellbeing, Scottish Government to the Clerk to the Committee of 9 October 2026
Education and Gaelic Committee
Local Authority Approaches to School Education - Letter of 7 October 2026
7 October 2026
Letter from the Clerk to the Committee to Local Authority Chief Executives, 7 October 2026
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Education and Gaelic Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28, Subordinate Legislation
Education and Gaelic Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28
Education and Gaelic Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28
Education and Gaelic Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28
Education and Gaelic Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Programme for Government
Education and Gaelic Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Interests, Deputy Convener, Priorities
Reports
Committee reports
1st Report, 2026 (Session 7)
Published: 07 October 2026
Committee Remit
To consider and report on matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic, with the exception of culture, and on matters relating to the Historical Abuse Inquiry, redress and languages
Current Members
Karen Adam
Convener
Scottish National Party
Katherine Sangster
Deputy Convener
Scottish Labour
George Adam
Member
Scottish National Party
Duncan Dunlop
Member
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Patricia Gibson
Member
Scottish National Party
Laura Moodie
Member
Scottish Green Party
Angela Ross
Member
Reform UK
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members