Cost of the School Day Toolkit - Scotland
This toolkit is designed to get everyone talking about the Cost of the School Day.
The Toolkit helps all members of your school community - children and young people, teachers and school staff, parents and carers – to join the discussion about the barriers costs create and how to tackle them, and includes lots of practice suggestions.
Every school is unique, so this toolkit ensures that every school community can form a customised plan.
Newly updated and refreshed for autumn 2023, it sets out the Cost of the School Day process in five straightforward steps; and features editable action plans, updated information and resources.
Download each step separately as you work through the process.
Plan your activities - Toolkit Introduction
Start by reading the introduction and overview to help plan your activities.
Do the groundwork - Toolkit Step 1.pdf
Involve your school community - Toolkit Step 2
Now that you’ve laid the groundwork and planned what you’re going to do, it’s time to make sure that everyone is included in the discussion.
What did you find out? Identify actions - Toolkit Step 3.pdf
Put actions in place - Toolkit Step 4.pdf
Regularly revisit your action plan - Toolkit Step 5
Now that your school community has taken action to reduce and remove costs, you can start to assess how well they are working.
Our funders
The Cost of the School Day Toolkit was originally commissioned by NHS Health Scotland (now Public Health Scotland). The development of earlier versions of the Parent Council resource, Cost of the School Day Flashcards and Supporting Families Affected by Poverty was supported by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, Glasgow City Council, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow Centre for Population Health and the former Glasgow Parent Council Forum. National perspectives on the Parent Council resource were developed by the National Parent Forum of Scotland.