Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative – Seeking to build a collaborative culture that will support teachers in Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian Council areas to focus learning and teaching on practice that will improve outcomes for children and help close the socio-economic attainment gap

Health & Wellbeing

Curriculum

Early Level and Child Care

Virtual Learning

Collaborative Conference

We hosted a successful National Conference, Cultivating Collaboration to Support a Networked Learning System, on 6 March at Celtic Park. Over 300 delegates from across Scotland attended sharing practice at School, Local Authority, Regional and National Level. You can access all the resources from the day on our Collaborative Conference page. Read more

Clacks UNCRC update – Staff Awareness of UNCRC

Ensuring that all Council staff are aware of their responsibility to uphold Children’s Rights and the duties in the UNCRC Incorporation Act is a key issue being progressed by the Working Group. The working Group consists of staff reps from all Council directorates. Summarised information ’10 things you need to… Read more

Clacks UNCRC update – Child Friendly Complaints

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has published overarching principles and process guidance for public bodies to implement a Child Friendly (CF) Complaints process. The main feature of child friendly complaints is that the child’s views and voice should be heard in any complaint about anything that affects them. This… Read more

Clacks UNCRC Update – Pupil Voice

The views of children and young people is at the heart of our practice in Clackmannanshire Council. We have an established framework that regularly provides opportunities for children and young people to be involved and influence decision making within the Authority. Our framework mirrors the principles of the UNCRC and… Read more

Learning & Teaching

We have launched our new Learning, Teaching and Assessment Guide which is a comprehensive, interactive toolkit with an abundance of learning, teaching and assessment resources from videos, podcasts, articles, CLPL presentations, examples and many more resources to support practitioners, teams and schools in their improvement journey striving for excellence in… Read more

UNCRC Bill

The UNCRC bill has just received Royal Assent coming into operation on 16th July 2024. Plan for implementation and get ready by using the resources hosted on on our Key Resources Page and check out the UNCRC link on the home page. Click here for links Key Resources UNCRC Read more

Achievement Project

This report outlines the findings and recommendations from a pilot project carried out between late 2022 and early 2023, by Education Scotland and partners in the Forth Valley and West Lothian (FVWL) Regional Improvement Collaborative area (RIC). The pilot investigated how young people’s personal achievements, out with the formal curriculum,… Read more

Youth Voice

FVWL CLD staff, teachers, third sector organisations, officers and wider partners, with support from Education Scotland, have worked collaboratively to develop information and guidance for practitioners on the approach for youth voice across the region. It has been endorsed by leaders and directors in each of the 4 local authorities… Read more

Attendance Symposium

We were delighted to host The Attendance Symposium on Monday 27th March 2023. Please see below for the brochure which details our speakers and workshops. Click here for links to view the brochure, keynote and workshop presentations. Read more

Curriculum Conference

Clackmannanshire held a successful Curriculum Conference attended by senior leaders across Forth Valley and West Lothian to showcase innovative and exciting examples of good curricular practice from across our RIC and beyond. You can access the workshop presentations here. Read more