Decision details

(i)       to note that the Executive Director – Families and Communities had advised that the required additional support for learning information for parents and carers was available on the Council website, and that she would confirm that this was still the case;

(ii)       in relation to the chart on page 281 of the agenda pack (Percentage of Multiagency / Child's Plan by Associated School Group), to note that the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning had undertaken to review the data for Lochside Academy to ensure it was correct;

(iii)      to note that the Executive Director – Families and Communities would provide Ms Munro with the link to the Devolved School Management Scheme which provided details around the allocation of pupil support assistants to schools;

(iv)      to note the continued hard work undertaken by Aberdeen City schools to provide creative, learner-centred support for learners across the city;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to develop a proposed operating model for a cost neutral time limited Early Intervention provision, to be based at Riverbank School for up to 10 primary children, and bring a firmer proposal to Committee for approval within 2 Committee cycles;

(vi)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to work with Head Teachers to identify a solution that will allow Pupil Support Assistants to be released for professional learning; and

(vii)     to instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to append a summary of progress against the Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Review recommendations and a summary of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Additional Support for Learning to the report being presented to Committee within two cycles.