Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education: report

The independent commission on the Delivery of Rural Education was established by the Scottish Government and COSLA in July 2011.

This Report makes recommendations on the delivery of all aspects of education in rural areas.


Annex: Commission members

Sheriff David O Sutherland (Chair)

Professor Cara Aitchison - Head of Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh

Anne Baird - Argyll Rural Schools Network

Charles Bestwick - Scottish Rural Schools Network

Ann Brady - Chief Executive, Care and Learning Alliance

Malcolm Burr - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, representing SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives)

Peter Ferguson - Headteacher of Auchterhouse Primary School, Angus

James Fraser - Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Highlands and Islands

Councillor Stephen Hagan (Orkney Council)

Councillor Terry Loughran (Inverclyde Council)

Councillor Peter MacKenzie (East Lothian)

Councillor Anne Robertson (Aberdeenshire Council)

Glenn Rodger - Scottish Borders Council, representing ADES (Association of Directors of Education in Scotland)

Emily Shaw - Member of Scottish Youth Parliament for Shetland

Professor Bill Slee - James Hutton Institute

Jenna Storey - National Parent Forum of Scotland

Also:

Bob Cree-Hay, National Parent Forum of Scotland (resigned March 2012)

Sandy Longmuir, Scottish Rural Schools Network (resigned November 2011)

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