Issue - meetings

    (i)        to approve the content of the Strategy;

  (ii)        to endorse the actions for improving parental engagement contained in the Strategy;

 (iii)        to instruct the Director of Education to develop an action plan to deliver the outcomes of the Strategy, and to report annually, by way of a service update, on progress with this plan; and

 (iv)        to instruct the Head of Education and Inclusion Services to reflect within the Strategy that it covered all pupils.

The Committee had before it a report by the acting Director of Education and Children’s Services which presented a copy of the new Parental Involvement Strategy for approval.

The report recommended –

that the Committee

(a)          note the content of the Strategy and instruct the Head of Education and Inclusion Services to reflect within the Strategy that it covered all pupils;

(b)          endorse the actions for improving parental engagement contained in the Strategy; and

(c)          instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to develop an action plan to deliver the outcomes of the Strategy, and to report annually, by way of a service update, on progress with this plan.

The Committee resolved:

(i)            to approve the recommendations (b) and (c); and

(ii)          to approve the content of the Strategy and to instruct the Head of Education and Inclusion Services to reflect within the Strategy that it covered all pupils.