Decision details

(i)       in note that officers would provide information outwith the meeting in relation to the amount of top-up funding the Council had received from the Scottish Government;

(ii)       to request that future updates include some data on the digital offering;  how it could help to develop engagement and musicality in children; how much movement there had been from traditional learning to digital learning; and to request that officers engage with children and young people on how much the use of Google Classroom between physical lessons had helped with retention and levels of engagement;

(iii)      to note the evaluation of the first year of free Instrumental Instruction;

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education to continue to develop plans to establish opportunities for ensembles;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education to evaluate the quality and provision of music across the city and report the findings to Committee within one calendar year; and

(vi)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education to explore models and costings in order to create a Music Centre and report back to Education and Children’s Services Committee prior to referral to the budget process.