Inclusive Community
Circle Framework
A self-evaluation toolkit was created which schools can use to evaluate where they are on their inclusive practice journey. This is based on the Circle Framework. The evaluative questions from the Circle framework have been added to an MSForm to allow ease of gathering and analysing the information.
Each school was provided with an individual link in April 2023 which they could use within their own setting. A primary and a secondary sway has been created as a guide on how to use the MSForm and as a signpost to further information on the Circle Framework.
On request a report can be generated which can be used:
- As a baseline measure
- To inform SIP
- Collegiately as a whole school
- Individually to inform PRDs
If HTs wish to be reminded of their MSForm link or would like to request a report – please email nicola.dalgliesh@dumgal.gov.uk
Example Report:
The resources in the bubbles at the top of this section can then offer whole school/individual professional learning to enhance inclusion within settings.
Additional Support for Learning
DG Additional Support for Learning Padlet – one stop shop for National Policy and Guidance, D&G Policy and Practice, Planning Documents, resources linked to Literacy, Numeracy, HWB, Attendance and Neurodivergence and Communication.
Other Useful Resources
Education Scotland’s IWE Framework
(the other resources from the IWE framework are included within the relevant sections within the buttons above – Physical Environment, Social Environment, Structures and Routines)
Enquire Additional Support for Learning Modules
5 free additional support for learning modules designed to support practitioners on their learning journey. Developed in conjunction with Falkirk Council these modules can be completed in any order and take about 30mins per module.
Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) Report 2025
Ask Us, Hear Us, Include Us – Inclusion Ambassadors
Reducing Poverty in D&G and Supporting the Most Vulnerable People
Through Young Eyes – Poverty in D&G
Through Young Eyes is a short film produced by young people in Dumfries and Galloway
that explores children and young people’s perceptions of poverty and their own lived
experiences of poverty.
The film explores the perceptions and lived experiences of child poverty, through the eyes
of children and young people in the region and can be used in Schools with teachers,
support staff and with pupils themselves to explore the reality of child poverty in Dumfries
and Galloway.
The steering group of young people responsible for the film created it to support the
continuation of the conversations about poverty in the region.
“We made this film to help people understand what it’s really like to grow up in poverty. We
want this to be more than just a screening – please share it, talk about it, and keep the
conversation going. That’s the only way we’re going to see real change.”
The Through Young Eyes Steering Group was supported by Dumfries and Galloway
Council’s Youth Work Service, and you can contact the Youth Work Service if you would
like to discuss the film further or how it can be used within Schools. You can contact them
on youth.work@dumgal.gov.uk
Equality and Diversity in D&G
The Playboxes Method
Playboxes (also known as the Joint Play Intersubjectivity Assessment Method) is an approach to support play developed by the late Helen Marwick, from the University of Strathclyde. It is relevant for children with a range of Additional Support Needs.
Playboxes offers opportunities for early play experiences by providing an enthusiastic play partner, a dedicated place and time, and engaging resources designed to interest
Over the Wall Camp
