PE1668: Improving literacy standards in schools through research informed reading instruction
Petition summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to i) provide national guidance, support, and professional learning for teachers in research-informed reading instruction, specifically systematic synthetic phonics; ii) ensure teacher training institutions train new teachers in research-informed reading instruction, specifically systematic synthetic phonics.
Petitioner: Anne Glennie
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 28 June 2017
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This petition has been referred to the Education, Children and Young People Committee.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
Committee Meetings
9 November 2017: The Public Petitions Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, the General Teaching Council for Scotland, the Educational Institute of Scotland, the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, and teacher training institutions in Scotland.
Official Report of Meeting 9 November 2017
15 March 2018: The Public Petitions Committee agreed to write to the Deputy First Minister and initial teacher education institutions.
Official Report of Meeting 15 March 2018
24 May 2018: The Public Petitions Committee agreed to wait for the publication of the self-evaluation framework, and then seek the petitioner's view on whether it addresses the concerns raised in her petition and subsequent correspondence. The Committee also agreed to write to the Deputy First Minister.
Official Report of Meeting 24 May 2018
27 June 2019: The Public Petitions Committee agreed to refer the petition to the Education and Skills Committee for consideration.
Official Report of Meeting 27 June 2019
Written Submissions
Education and Skills Committee Consideration
30 October 2019: The Education and Skills Committee agreed to keep the petition open.
Official Report of Meeting 30 October 2019
11 November 2020: The Education and Skills Committee agreed to keep the petition open pending a future work programme discussion.
Official Report of Meeting 11 November 2020
Written Submissions
Education, Children and Young People Committee Consideration
Committee Meeting
4 May 2022: The Committee the Committee agreed to close the petition on the basis that it has no current plans to scrutinise initial training education. In doing so, the Committee agreed that should it consider initial training education later in the parliamentary session, it would reflect on the issues raised in the petition as part of its work.
Official Report of Meeting 04 May 2022
Written Submissions
PE1668: Letter from petitioner 11 March 2022 (69KB, pdf) posted 13 April 2022
PE1668 Convener to Petitioner 6 May 2022 (114KB, pdf) posted 27 October 2022