National Editorial Panel

Scotland

Our National Editorial Panel is an advisory body, comprised of multidisciplinary experts across Education, Safeguarding, and Online Safety. Each national panel reviews and scrutinises our resources for accuracy and relevance, upholding the quality of our work and ensuring it meets the highest standards.

Catriona Scobbie

Safeguarding Lead Officer

Catriona is the Safeguarding Lead Officer with Education Scotland, leading and managing corporate and digital safeguarding across the organisation, whilst also collaborating more widely with partners in Scotland and across the UK on related projects. She is an experienced teacher, having worked within primary and secondary schools, and also as a teacher for children and young people with additional support needs. Prior to joining Education Scotland, Catriona worked centrally for a local authority in Scotland advising and supporting education staff on safeguarding, child protection and online harms. She has been involved locally and nationally in online safety education, policy and practice since 2008.

Alison McCook

Learning Technologist

Alison McCook has served as a Learning Technologist in the Education Digital Learning Team at Moray Council since 2019. Dedicated to empowering the education community, she supports Early Years, Primary and Secondary education by providing guidance and delivering training that enables staff and learners to integrate technology effectively into teaching and learning. Committed to improving educational outcomes, Alison works collaboratively with stakeholders to develop policies and initiatives that make technology accessible and impactful across Moray’s schools. Prior to her role in education, Alison spent 15 years in the gaming industry in project management ,marketing, product development, and general management roles.

Charlie Love

Quality Improvement Officer – Digital

Charlie Love is a senior education adviser and long-standing contributor to digital learning and computing science education in Scotland. He has supported national curriculum and assessment development through work with the Scottish Government, Education Scotland and the Scottish Qualifications Authority, with a strong focus on ensuring safe, equitable and effective use of digital technologies in schools.

Charlie is a member of the Aberdeen City Child Protection – Child Exploitation Group, where he contributes to multi-agency discussions on identifying, preventing and responding to risks facing children and young people. His background as a teacher, examiner and local authority lead for digital learning gives him a practical understanding of how safeguarding, technology and classroom practice intersect.

Graham Binnie

Independent Chair Child Protection Committee

I am a former police officer, having spent a large portion of my career in Public Protection. Latterly, I led public protection and public health partnership work in Tayside and worked for Scottish Government as Programme Director for Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC), a national criminal justice transformation programme. Since leaving policing I have been fortunate to gain roles as Independent Chair of Perth and Kinross Child and Adult Protection committees, which includes Public Protection Co-ordination, as well as Independent Convenor of the MAPPA Strategic Group across Tayside. I am a co-opted Director at the High School of Dundee, with specific responsibility for Safeguarding. My spare time is largely spent in sport, and have coached in men’s and women’s rugby at all levels as well as coaching with Scottish Rugby. I also volunteer as President at Perthshire RFC and sit on the Perthshire Community Rugby Trust.

Jonathan Hull

Principal Teacher: Equity (Digital Inclusion)

I am an innovative and passionate digital educator with over eleven years of teaching and leadership experience, holding an MEd in Educational Leadership (with Distinction). I have a proven track record of driving sustained and impactful school improvement through strategic leadership and quality assurance. I am skilled in integrating digital technologies to promote inclusion, reduce the poverty-related attainment gap, and advise on equitable access to technology.

As a respected and credible leader, I build trust and excel at developing people by building capacity through professional learning, coaching, and a collaborative mindset. I am adept at using data-driven decision making and stakeholder feedback to identify priorities and ensure initiatives are evidence-based and impactful. I am often described as a strategic thinker demonstrating innovative and solution focused approaches in all aspects of my work.

Julia Rickard

Education Support Officer

I am an Education Support Officer for Digital Pedagogy within Aberdeenshire Council supporting our 160+ schools across the region with using technology to enhance learning, teaching and assessment. I have taught in primary schools since qualifying in 2002 and for 13 of those years I was a Head Teacher. In my current role, part of my remit is to support our schools with online safety and promoting good online habits.

Pauline Smith

Headteacher

I have worked in education for over 33 years as a teacher, depute headteacher and headteacher. My current post is headteacher of a large primary school in Perth and Kinross. My school was one of the first in the local area to have a Digital Schools accreditation which reflects our commitment to embracing technology. However, I have always had a passion for safeguarding and have a growing sense of concern around the emerging negative impacts of the use of some technology on our young people. I am pleased to be able work alongside Safer Schools to support educators in this area.

Rosslyn Lee

Digital Development Officer

I’m the Digital Development Officer for North Ayrshire covering 65 schools comprising four Early Years Centres, 50 primaries, 9 secondaries and 1 ASN school.

Passionate about advancing digital learning, I teach pupils digital skills, including Internet Safety while also training staff to integrate these skills into their practice. I am the Glow Key Contact for North Ayrshire and support schools in the use of Glow.

I act as liaison between Education and Data Protection, IT Services, and Cyber Security to ensure the safe and effective use of digital platforms. Supporting schools in achieving the Digital Schools Award I also contribute to a wide range of initiatives that strengthen digital skills and resilience across Education.

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