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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
Members' Networking
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
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
SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation
SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation
Codes of Practice consultation event

FREE Online Event - SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation

Wednesday 14th September, 10am-12pm via zoom
Thursday 15th September, 10am-12pm via zoom

14th Sep - Book a place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-online-event-sssc-codes-of-practice-conversation-tickets-404494242167

15th Sep - Book a place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-online-event-sssc-codes-of-practice-conversation-2nd-date-tickets-405066624177

You might already be aware that the SSSC codes of practice are changing- they were last reviewed in 2016 and they are being revised now in order to ensure they are fit for the future.

Before the new Codes are drafted, the SSSC are gathering views and feedback from employers, workers and people with experience of care on what they think of the current Codes, how they are used and what might improve them. Employers and organisations are being encouraged to have conversations with their staff on the Codes and to feed back to the SSSC before 31st October.

It is suggested that conversations are centred around the following three questions:

  1. What do you like about the Codes of Practice?
  2. How could the Codes better support good practice?
  3. How could we make the Codes work better alongside the Health and Social Care Standards?

Although we would encourage services to hold the conversation with staff teams we recognise that time and resource constraints might not allow this, so SOSCN shall be hosting an online conversation event on Wednesday 14th September. NB We will have to limit capacity in order to facilitate the discussion but if the event proves popular and fills up we can host another conversation later in September or at the start of October. If you are unable to get a space but would be interested in attending a later date please let us know.

Further information about the SSSC Codes of Practice review: https://news.sssc.uk.com/news/codes-conversation

latest updates
Members' Networking
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