I met with Graham Thomson, Scottish Centre for the Study of School Administration (SCSSA). This was a most stimulating discussion, especially around the challenge of responding my office’s Strategic Plan work stream of children having the ‘same (educational) chances no matter how much money their families have’.
I visited the Barnardos unit in Glasgow providing accommodation to unaccompanied asylum seekers and spoke to staff and four young people. The main purpose was to hear the views and experiences of the young people on the asylum process. The young people were understandably reluctant to relive their traumatic stories, although were very vocal with regard to their views on having age appropriate accommodation for them.