Inclusion and Equalities

“Glasgow City Council is committed to ensuring that all children receive the support they need to thrive and develop fully. Our approach is built on a foundation of nurture, inclusiveness, and respect, fostering a strong sense of belonging while supporting diverse learning styles and developmental needs.

We are dedicated to equity and individuality, ensuring that every child and family within our nurseries feels valued and supported. Our commitment aligns with the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which upholds every child’s right to education, fair treatment, and the opportunity to live a full, meaningful, and happy life.”

Glasgow’s Inclusion Position Statement, Co-created with Glasgow EY Settings, 2025.

GLASGOW TOOLS AND SUPPORTS

  • Early Years Inclusion Toolkit

The Early Years Inclusion Toolkit is an interactive guide to the inclusion supports available within Glasgow.

Access: *coming soon*

Please note, this content is password protected. Contact EducationELC@glasgow.gov.uk if you need access.

  • Sensory Profile and Passport

The Sensory Profile and Passport allows you to identify and record needs and strategies for children requiring support due to sensory differences.

Access: *coming soon*

Please note, this content is password protected and requires prior attendance at Inclusion Toolkit and Sensory Profile Training (CPL page). You should have received the password during your training, or contact gw24mckinstraycarol@glowmail.org.uk for support.

  • All Learners, All Achieving: Included, Nurtured, Supported

All Learners, All Achieving: Included, Nurtured, Supported details Glasgow’s approach to inclusion and the responsibilities of all staff in achieving Glasgow’s ambition to be a world class learning city, founded on nurture principles, where education staff are committed to social justice and the values of compassion, ambition, trust and equity to ensure inclusive and quality education for all learners.

Download: All Learners All Achieving: Included, Nurtured, Supported – GCC – Aug 25

  • Staged Intervention

Glasgow’s Staged Intervention framework ensures children have their needs met in an open, fair, and consistent way. Children who face barriers to their learning and wellbeing require different levels of support and Staged Intervention is essential to effectively plan consistent additional support for learning within establishments and across the city.

Download: Glasgow Staged Intervention Framework – GCC

Access: Guide to Staged Intervention for Parents – Enquire

  • SIIMS and ISMs – Inclusion Support at Stage 1 and Stage 2

SIIMs (Staged Intervention and Inclusion Meetings) are available to all GCC settings and provide a multi-agency forum for discussion of the supports settings can put in place to resolve wellbeing concerns.

Access: SIIM and JST Guidance

Inclusion Support Meetings are similar multi-agency forums which are open to all partnership ELC settings to discuss the supports settings can put in place for children with additional support needs at stage 1 and 2.

Download: *coming soon*

  • Wellbeing Assessment and Plan (WAP)

Children whose needs are being met at Stage 3 and 4 should have their needs, targets, supports and progress recorded within an individual plan. GCC settings use the Wellbeing Application to create WAPs to support planning for individual children. Funded Providers can download and use the WAP (below) or may choose to use their own format, as long as it contains the same level of information.

 

Download: Wellbeing Application Guidance – GCC – 2022

Download: WAP (Wellbeing and Assessment Plan) – GCC – 2022

  • Complex Additional Supports Needs Wakelet

Use the link below to open a Wakelet with a collection of resources which can help when supporting children with complex needs.

Access: Supporting Children with Complex Needs – A collection of resources for practitioners

  • Milestones: Supporting learners with complex additional support needs

Milestones (Education Scotland, 2019) are intended to support practitioners to track progression of learners with complex additional support needs.

Downloads:

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Visit the CPL Page and use the search term ‘Inclusion‘ within the ‘TARGETED’ section to identify all relevant training opportunities, or click on the CPL category ‘Inclusion’ on the right of this page to find relevant upcoming in-person training events.

NATIONAL DOCUMENTS

Type ‘Inclusion‘ and/or ‘Equalities’ into the search function on right hand side of top row, to identify all relevant national documents and policies.