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Watch our latest Inspection Round-Up
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Recurring areas for improvement.
What does Very Good or Excellent Look Like?
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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Events
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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
Networking March 2026
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
SOSCN Regional Events
SOSCN Regional Events
Have your say on the OSC draft consultation

The Scottish Government is consulting on the recently published draft framework for out of school care and the government's OSC team would like to hear your thoughts on the questions which form the basis of the consultation.

The draft framework on Out of School Care sets out what the government knows about the out of school care sector in Scotland and asks questions about what the Scottish Government can do to support families in accessing high quality, flexible and affordable services which benefit children and parents and carers.

SOSCN is pleased to confirm that the Scottish Government's OSC team will be joining us at our regional events and that OSC services will have the opportunity to help shape the next development stage of the National Framework for Out of School Care in Scotland.

OSC Draft Framework Consultation:
https://consult.gov.scot/children-and-families/out-of-school-care/

EVENTS

Aberdeen - 30th October (am)
Inverness - 5th November (pm)/ 6th November (am)
Dundee - 8th November (am)
Glasgow - 11th November (am)
Edinburgh - 13th November (am)

DRAFT PROGRAMME *

  • 9.30 Registration open and refreshments
  • 10.00 Local and national updates
  • 10.30 Consultation questions discussion
  • 12.30 Close
  • (A mid-morning break will also be scheduled)

* Inverness evening event times will be 7pm - 9pm

We are delighted to be working in partnership with the following local partners to deliver these events:

  • Care and Learning Alliance
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Dundee City Council
  • Glasgow City Council

Please note that these events are free of charge and are aimed at lead practitioners / managers and deputies to attend. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis although please note that there is much greater capacity at the Edinburgh and Glasgow venues. Further details of venue will be sent once your place has been confirmed. Apart from the Inverness evening event (7 - 9 pm), all events will start at 10am and finish at 12.30pm.

Booking

Please complete a booking form and return this to events@soscn.org

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Please return completed booking forms to events@soscn.org

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