Health and Education Chamber

Additional Support Needs

The  Additional Support Needs jurisdiction Tribunal considers three types of applications – references, regarding the provision of educational support under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004; claims, in respect of disability discrimination in school education, under the Equality Act 2010 and freestanding United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) applications, under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation)(Scotland) Act 2024.

The Chamber is headed by a Chamber President, May Dunsmuir.

The skills required of judicial office holders are as follows-