PE2037: Improve literacy attainment through research-informed reading instruction
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
- provide national guidance, support, and professional learning for teachers in research-informed reading instruction, specifically systematic synthetic phonics;
- ensure teacher training institutions train new teachers in research-informed reading instruction, specifically systematic synthetic phonics.
Petitioner: Anne Glennie
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 29 June 2023
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (146KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Committee Meetings
25 October 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
Official Report of Meeting 25 October 2023
Written Submissions
PE2037/A: Scottish Government submission of 11 August 2023 (157KB, pdf) posted 24 August 2023
PE2037/B: Petitioner submission of 11 September 2023 (272KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2023
PE2037/C: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 22 November 2023 (158KB, pdf) posted 27 November 2023
PE2037/D: General Teaching Council for Scotland submission of 23 November 2023 (105KB, pdf) posted 27 November 2023
PE2037/E: Petitioner submission of 12 December 2023 (136KB, pdf) posted 19 December 2023