Education Motions - 2026

Created on: 27 May 2026

 

Motions

Resolutions

1. Council and Renfrewshire Local Association

“That this AGM acknowledges the publication by the Scottish Government of its timeline for curriculum, qualifications and assessment reform and resolves to:

  • Continue to press for a multi-year programme of additional and fully resourced INSET days, aligned with that timeline to allow teachers and senior leadership teams to engage with, plan for and implement reform;
  • Call on the Scottish Government, Education Scotland and Local Authorities to urgently address concerns raised in relation to the equitable  participation of teachers from all sectors in the work of CIC, and support such engagement through the provision of release during the working day;
  • Continue to campaign for de-cluttering of the curriculum as part of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) which will result in a net reduction in teacher workload;
  • Reiterate its call for the representative voices of teachers to be central to governance procedures and decision making in all aspects of education reform;
  • Highlight the need for increased support, including the need for compulsory cover, to allow wider teacher participation in the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.”

Amendment Clackmannanshire Local Association

“Insert ‘ringfenced time’ following “senior leadership teams” in the first bullet point.”

 

2. Council and Highland Local Association

That this AGM reaffirms the EIS's commitment to inclusive education and specifically to the presumption of mainstreaming as set out in the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc Act 2000.That this AGM reaffirms its belief that the levels of ASN support in our schools should be needs driven by the learners in our schools.

Noting that the latest Scottish Government’s statistics show that 43% of learners in Scottish schools have an identified additional support need,  resolves to continue to place the principle of inclusion at the heart of its campaigning and education policy work, with specific emphasis on:

  • The need for ring-fenced funding to ensure all learners with additional support needs receive meaningful support in line with their needs;
  • The vital role of specialist provision in inclusive education and the imperative of reversing the decline in the number of Specialist Schools and Units;
  • A reduction in class sizes and class contact time and an increase in specialist teaching and support to embed the relational approaches necessary to support the implementation of Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) policy;
  • The importance of high quality, funded professional learning opportunities related to Additional Support for Learning, ensuring  teachers are given time to engage meaningfully and such learning supports their professional needs;
  • The key role which pupil support workers provide to classroom teachers and pupils in mainstream and specialist settings;
  • The need for investment in allied professional support services to ensure that specialist support can be accessed at the point of need.

That this AGM specifically calls on Council to investigate and report on the levels of support Local Authorities assign to Support for Learning in schools, including but not limited to pupil support assistant levels and ASNT ratios, and use the data collected to inform campaigning around  ASN.

 

3. West Dunbartonshire Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to investigate and report on the use of ‘blended environments’ for ASN pupils in Mainstream.

 

4. Council

This AGM reaffirms the Institute’s policy that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education must be predicated on a set of ethical principles, underpinned by equity, which consolidate education as a fundamentally human-centred and social endeavour, and that such principles should be agreed between key education stakeholders, with the teacher trade unions being central to any agreements reached.

Following publication of national guidance or guardrails on the equitable and ethical use of AI in Education by the Scottish Government, AGM resolves:

  • to produce EIS advice for members and representatives in this regard;
  • to explore how to support members with professional learning in respect of the ethical and equitable use of AI.

Amendment Edinburgh Local Association

Add the following as a final sentence to the first paragraph: 'That this AGM affirms that attempting to understand the environmental impact of AI should be seen as integral to the term 'ethical principles' in the context of EIS policy on AI.'

Add a final bullet point as follows: ‘to include within such advice or professional learning a link to the report published by the United Nations regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC) in 2025 entitled Artificial Intelligence: How Much Energy Does AI Use?'

 

5. Midlothian Local Association and Western Isles Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to urgently investigate and report on:

  • the usage of online live teaching across all local authorities.
  • the quality of learning experiences being delivered to pupils via online learning - with a particular focus on Meeting the Needs of all Learners in regards to their need for: Differentiated support, Health & Wellbeing, Supervision and Safety in the classroom.

Amendment Inverclyde Local Association

Remove ‘the quality of learning experiences being delivered to pupils via online learning’.

 

6. South Lanarkshire Local Association

That this AGM calls on EIS Council to seek clarification from Scottish Government on the Restraint and Seclusion in schools (Scotland) Bill regarding the potential legal consequences for teachers when making necessary interventions or of not making an intervention.

 

7. South Lanarkshire Local Association 

That this AGM notes the recent publication by the Scottish Government of guidance in relation to behaviour and consequences and calls on Council to investigate and report on the extent to which this guidance is being implemented effectively in schools.

Amendment 1 Fife Local Association

Last Line after schools insert ‘across all Local authorities’.

Amendment 2 Inverclyde Local Association

Remove ‘effectively’.

 

8. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM calls upon the Scottish Government to produce National guidance on how schools and particularly teachers should deal with ‘in-school’ truanting.

Amendment Inverclyde Local Association

Replace ‘schools’ with ‘school leaders’ Remove ‘and particularly teachers’.

 

9. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM believes that high-quality mentoring is integral to the success of the Teacher Induction Scheme and to ensuring that probationer teachers meet the GTCS Standard for Full Registration. Therefore, this AGM instructs Council to investigate and report on:

  • The current provision of mentor time for teachers supporting probationers across all local authorities, including how the existing 0.1 FTE national funding allocation is used in practice.
  • The feasibility and implications of establishing a nationally defined mentortime entitlement within the SNCT Handbook, with mentoring recognised with an entitlement to protected time.

 

10. West Lothian Local Association

That this Annual General Meeting moves to organising a bi-annual Early Career Teacher conference, with the assistance of EIS Learning Representatives and contributions from existing EIS networks, to provide early career teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge of current union priorities, the work being undertaken to support members and to encourage engagement and activism.

Amendment Council and Edinburgh Local Association

Delete ‘bi-annual’ and replace with ‘biennial’.

 

11. North Lanarkshire Local Association

That this AGM calls on EIS council to investigate and report on cuts to non-teaching and auxiliary colleagues and the impact this has had on education and teacher workload.

 

12. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM campaign for Qualification Scotland to pay teachers of subjects which contain elements of internal assessment which contributes to the overall grade awarded at National 5 and above.

 

 13. West Dunbartonshire Local Association

That this AGM resolves that the EIS campaigns to achieve no HMIE inspections be scheduled in the two weeks immediately following the summer, October, Christmas and Easter holidays.

 

14. Dundee Local Association

That this Annual General Meeting instructs Council to investigate and report on the extent of the use of whole or part school assemblies to enable delivery of teacher preparation and correction time in primary schools in Scotland.

Amendment Council

Delete ‘teacher preparation and correction time’ and replace with ‘non-contact time’.

 

15. South Ayrshire Local Association

That this AGM instruct Council to investigate and report on the workload associated with the delivery of Qualifications Scotland courses, including the processes required to become approved centres for the delivery of National Progression Awards; and verification processes for all Qualifications Scotland assessments.

 

16. South Ayrshire Local Association

This AGM instructs Council to investigate the impact of and to report on the additional workload associated with Qualification Scotland results day in early August.

 

17. South Ayrshire Local Association

That this AGM calls on Council to work with partners in Scottish education, including the Scottish Government and further education establishments, to defer the earliest date when unconditional offers can be made until the 1st of June in any academic session. By this time all S6 pupils will have completed their Qualifications Scotland courses.

  

18. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM investigate and report on ASN tribunal outcomes, with particular reference to those which cite SNCT handbook incorrectly and to use this report to campaign to have the tribunals body uphold teacher terms and conditions.

 

19. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM investigate and report on the amount of time dedicated to unofficial reporting to parents via methods like, but not limited to

  • After school discussions.
  • Phone calls home.

And investigate if there is a disparity between Primary and Secondary.

Amendment 1 Inverclyde Local Association

Remove ‘unofficial’ Insert ‘outside of WTA obligations’ after ‘parents’.

Amendment 2 Midlothian Local Association

After ‘Phone calls home’ insert ‘emails to parents and use of online platforms e.g. SeeSaw.’ and add ‘across different Local Authorities’ (after Primary and Secondary on the last line.)

 

20. Midlothian Local Association 

That this AGM calls on Council to investigate and report on:

  • Members’ access to printing facilities within their place of work;
  • Restrictions or limits placed on printing within members' workplaces;
  • Changes to access, restrictions or limits placed on printing as a result of budget reductions;
  • Any impact on members as a result of changes in access, restrictions or limits placed on printing facilities.

Amendment Inverclyde Local Association 

Bullet point 4: Insert ‘workload’ after ‘members’.

 

21. South Lanarkshire Local Association

That this AGM highlights a need for the Scottish curriculum to educate learners about working-class history, labour movements, and celebrating community culture as a recognition of the heritage and current lived experiences of workingclass communities and learners in Scotland, calling on Council to:

Recognise the transformative potential of the current Curriculum Improvement Cycle by advocating across various fora for the inclusion of working-class issues, the cultural heritage and history of working-class culture and the meaningful inclusion of labour movement education as critical parts of the new curriculum, across all levels.

 

 22. South Lanarkshire Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to investigate and report on the extent to which teachers are required or encouraged to use social media as part of their professional duties, and to issue clear guidance to members on workload, professional boundaries, and safeguarding in relation to such use.

Amendment EIS ULA
After “teachers”, insert “and lecturers”.

 

23. Renfrewshire Local Association

That this AGM calls on the Scottish Government to support a reliable and sustained e-mail system to ensure that GTCS-registered teachers have access to a consistent work e-mail account for the duration of their registration.

Amendment Inverclyde Local Association

Remove ‘reliable and sustained’ Insert ‘GTCS’ after ‘their’.

 

24. South Lanarkshire Local Association

That this AGM calls on Council to investigate and report on the extent to which schools and Local Authorities have regulated, restricted or banned mobile phones from their establishments.

Furthermore, Council should explore where additional funds have been provided to support such measures and the impact of this funding.