Govan Law Centre’s Education Law Unit is Scotland's expert legal resource in the field of school education, with a particular focus on the rights of disabled pupils and pupils with additional support needs.
The Education Law Unit works in partnership with schools, education authorities, parents' groups and charities to make pupils' rights and parents' rights in education a reality.
If you have an enquiry about education law in Scotland, you can contact us with your questions by e-mail on advice@edlaw.org.uk, by telephone or minicom on 0141 445 1955 or fax on 0141 445 3934. You can also contact us if you want to discuss our advocacy, training or mediation services.
You can now read our Annual Report for 2005/06 in Word format (61kb).
Launched on 14 November 2005 to coincide with the coming into force of the Education (Additional Support for Learning)
(Scotland) Act 2004, our new website, which is a guide to the new law designed for teachers, parents and older pupils.
www.additionalsupportneeds.org.uk
Launched on 1 March 2006, our new pupils' rights website, which is a gaelic language site designed for
children and young people who speak gaelic. The site's name, "lagh-sgoile", means school law.
www.lagh-sgoile.org.uk
Govan Law Centre is an independent community controlled organisation which exists to tackle unmet legal needs within the Greater Govan area and other areas of social disadvantage as determined by the Trustees. It is a recognised charity (SCO30193). It is partly funded by Glasgow City Council. Its Education Law Unit is funded by the Scottish Executive and by BBC Children in Need.
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