Hospital and Outreach Teaching

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The Hospital and Outreach Teaching Service (HOTS) provides educational support for vulnerable children and young people experiencing an interrupted education.

The service is a referral based service and works closely with schools, parents, partnership services and agencies.

They may provide teaching:

• in hospital or at home for a child unable to attend school due to ill health
• for a child excluded or on the verge of exclusion from school
• for Looked After and Accommodated Children if they are experiencing difficulty at school
• for pregnant schoolgirls/young mums
• for children with mental health difficulties
• for Gypsy Traveller or Occupational Traveller children
• for children attending Forteviot and the Young people's Unit (Royal Edinburgh)

For more details about the service, see the HOTS leaflet (PDF).