Care Experienced Bursary Practice Note

The Scottish Government has published a Practice Note, developed in partnership with CELCIS and COSLA, to clarify issues around the Care Experienced Bursary.

This has been distributed to local authority Chief Executives accompanied by a letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education, John Swinney.

Read the letter and Practice Note in full

If you are a Staf member and have outstanding questions about the bursary, get in touch here.

Read our previous updates on the Care Experienced Bursary below:

The latest news on the Care Experienced Bursary (March 2019)

Policy and Practice: Care Experienced Bursary (October 2018)

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