How staff at Auchenharvie Academy, North Ayrshire make sure that the cost of trips and activities does not lead to young people automatically excluding themselves.
Staff at St Paul's RC Academy in Dundee are clear about the benefits of removing curriculum costs and providing resources for home learning. They say that this means young people are more able to study the subjects they want to, and are good at.
To help reduce the cost of the school day Kirkintilloch High School, East Dunbartonshire, bought a big cabinet for stationery and other products students might need, and put it where everyone has access.
All schools in South Lanarkshire have a Cost of the School Day Position Statement and work hard to limit costs wherever possible. The team describe what their current priorities are.
The staff of Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow knew that many of their families were likely to be missing out on vital financial support and were delighted to take part in a programme placing Financial Inclusion Support Officers (FISO) directly in Glasgow schools.
Auchenharvie Academy in North Ayrshire runs a six week Parents in Partnership (PIP) programme where parents and carers of S1 pupils come ‘back to school’, following a first-year timetable to experience a school day and build relationships with peers and teachers.
The Giffnock Primary Parent Equalities Group, East Renfrewshire has been consulting with the school community on cost barriers and recently set up a pre-loved uniform shop for its families.