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Supporting School Age Childcare in Scotland

New SOSCN memberships

Find out about our new membership benefits, including policies, bitesize training, and lots more.

Become one of our members and access training, discounts, and join up with other services.

Watch our latest Inspection Round-Up

Inspection round-up looks at recent inspection reports from school age childcare services available on the Care Inspectorate's website, highlighting:

What is working Well?

Recurring areas for improvement.

What does Very Good or Excellent Look Like?

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What we do

How we can help?

We have a range on in-person school age childcare specific training and offer a bespoke consultancy service to help keep your childcare service in good health.

Resources and Templates

We have various templates, toolkits, and sample policies to help you manage your service and meet its regulatory requirements.

Policy and research

As the national intermediary organisation in Scotland for school-age childcare, we are involved in advocacy work on behalf of the sector and provide expert opinion and offer views, on proposals, issues or policies affecting the sector.

Information and Guidance

If you are a parent, carer, child, workforce member, or anyone else with an interest in school age childcare, we provide a range a free guides and materials.

School Age Childcare Specific Training

GIRFEC and Personal Plans

Play in School Age Childcare

Medication Management

Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice

Quality Assurance

Our online quality assurance badges will help you aim high in all aspects of your service provision.

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Events

check here for forthcomign and past events

Professional Development Book Club

Join up with your colleagues in the school age childcare sector from across the country, to read, learn, network and develop

Previous Events

Archive of our previous events

A - Ba

A Register for the Future

Access to Childcare Fund

Activity and Wellbeing 29/11/2022

Autism Learning Session

Back to Basics

Back to basics- financial planning in OSC

Bu - Ge

Building Resilience Event

COVID-19 Inquiry Discussion

Care Inspectorate Update and 'Q and A' Session

Celebrating Out of School Care

Delivering a Playful and Active Summer 2021

Get Ready for Summer

Ge - J

Getting Help with Childcare Costs

Getting it Right for Business

In-Person Play Training

Induction Training

International Learning Session

Jim Taylor Knows Autism - Session 2

L - Ne

Local Networking

Looking back at the past 30+ years of SOSCN - Membership Online Catch-Up

Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice

Networking Meetings

Networking Meetings - May and June 2021

Networking Opportunity

No - SO

Not just a dream

OSC Practice during COVID

Online Membership Catch-up

Play Training

Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Sectors

SOSCN Conference 2024

SO - Se

SOSCN Members Online Network Meetings - October

SOSCN Regional Events

SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation

Safer Staffing

Scottish Government School Age Childcare Update

Seeing the Potential

Se - T

Seeing the Whole Child

Shaping the Framework

Skills Development Funding

Staying Out

Support to Pay for Childcare

Teaching Stem in OSC

W - W

What it Takes

Networking March 2026

We are at an important moment for the future of our sector. As work continues on developing a new definition in law of school-age childcare, it’s vital that the voices of those delivering services are at the heart of the discussion.

We want our members to help shape a definition that supports the vital work you do and the long-term sustainability of services. Join us at one of our local networking meetings for a focused, in-depth discussion on what a future definition should look like, as we work together to build sector-wide consensus.

Dates

Stirling - Stirling Enterprise Park (STEP) - Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 10am - 12pm

Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts - Wednesday, 18 March 2026 at 10am - 12pm

Glasgow East - Parkhead Schoolhouse - Thursday, 19 March 2026 at 10am - 12pm

Edinburgh - BMA Scotland - Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 10am - 12pm

Online Event - Highlands and Rural - Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 10am - 12pm

Online Event - South Scotland - Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 7pm - 9pm

Glasgow West - Yoker Community Campus - Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 10am - 12pm

How to book

Places at these events are limited and can be booked on a first-come-first-served basis.

Free place for paid memberships

If you have a paid membership subscription, you can get your unique discount code and link from within the membership portal, this link takes you directly the Eventbrite event where your free ticket will then automatically be available in the checkout - click 'Get Tickets' to access this. These are limited to one use per event. Please log in and navigate to the benefits section within the membership menu - you can find this under the avatar icon in the top right of the page.

For all other bookings, you can find all of the above events here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/scottish-out-of-school-care-network-17445968872

latest updates

Networking March 2026

School Age Childcare Workforce Survey

Inspection Round-up Jan 2026

Medication Management in School Age Childcare

GIRFEC and Personal Planning in School Age Childcare

Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma‑Informed Practice

Staff Interactions with Children

Safe Staffing

Outdoor Play in Winter

Quality improvement framework for early learning and childcare sectors