Scottish Government

APPENDIX C: DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED

1.0 Looked After Children

More information about looked after children can be found on the Looked After Children website: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/lookedafterchildren/about/index.asp .

2.0 Children (Scotland) Act 1995

A brief summary of the Children (Scotland) Act in relation to looked after children and care leavers can be found on the Looked After Children website: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/lookedafterchildren/about/what/legal.asp .

3.0 Corporate parent(ing)

Corporate parenting means the formal and local partnerships needed between all local authority departments and services, and associated agencies, who are responsible for working together to meet the needs of looked after children and young people, and care leavers. ( Looked After Children and Young People: We Can and Must Do Better, Scottish Executive 2007)

More information about corporate parenting can be found on the Looked After Children website: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/lookedafterchildren/corporateparenting/index.asp .

4.0 Placement type

The placement types will match those used in the Children's Looked After Statistics, i.e.:

In the community:
At home with parents
With friends/relatives
With foster carers provided by LA
With foster carers purchased by LA
With prospective adopters
In other community

Residential Accommodation:
In local authority home
In voluntary home
In residential school
In secure accommodation
Crisis care
In other residential

It is likely that there will also be a column providing aggregate information for the placement types which constitute a child being looked after away from home.

5.0 Highest qualifications gained

6.0 Total qualifications gained

7.0 Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework ( SCQF)

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework is used as the basis for reporting attainment. The SCQF levels are shown below for information.

8.0 Tariff score

The Unified Points Score Scale is an extended version of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ( UCAS) Scottish Tariff points system. A full list of courses, awards and corresponding tariff points is listed below. The tariff score of a pupil is calculated by simply adding together all the tariff points accumulated from all the different course levels and awards he/she attains.

The relativities between types of certification are taken from the principle that the value of anA award at one level is as close as possible to, but lower than, the value of a C award at the next level above.

A pupil getting five Standard Grades would collect between 40 and 190 points, based on lowest to highest possible results. Five Standard Grades with the highest result along with three Highers and one Advanced Higher at A, would amount to 526 points.

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