Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to thank Mrs Sheppard and Mrs Scanlon and team for the work undertaken on the report;

(ii)          in relation to pages 63 to 65 of the report (Baseline Measures and Improvement Targets), to request that officers provide information to Members outwith the meeting to explain the discrepancy in the figures;

(iii)         to note the proposed alignment between the national and local system of planning which will underpin the school improvement plans for the academic term 2018-19;

(iv)         to instruct the Chief Operating Officer to contribute to the development of the Northern Alliance regional improvement plan and submit to a future meeting of the Committee;

(v)          to instruct the Chief Operating Officer to track progress against the proposed KPIs in order to report progress to the Education Operational Delivery Committee.  Reporting will comprise a yearly progress report based on validated data and a six monthly update to provide an indication of progress to that point; and

(vi)         to instruct the Chief Officer Integrated Children’s Services to bring a report to Committee following the publication of the Education Bill by the Scottish government detailing:-

(a)  how the national and local systems will be aligned

(b)  how the measures will help track and report progress against realising the ambitions of the LOIP and locality plans; and

(c)  the proposed KPIs for reporting to Committee.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which sought endorsement for the proposed approach to school improvement with the aim of securing improved outcomes for children and young people.  The report set out the introduction of a series of measures to help track and report progress towards realising the educational ambitions of the Local Outcome Improvement Plan and associated locality plans.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       note the proposed alignment between the national and local system of planning which will underpin the school improvement plans for the academic term 2018-19;

(b)       instruct the Chief Operating Officer to contribute to the development of the Northern Alliance regional improvement plan and submit to a future meeting of the Committee; and

(c)       instruct the Chief Operating Officer to track progress against the proposed KPIs in order to report progress to the Education Committee.  Reporting will comprise a yearly progress report based on validated data and a six monthly update to provide an indication of progress to that point.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to thank Mrs Sheppard and Mrs Scanlon and team for the work undertaken on the report;

(ii)       in relation to pages 63 to 65 of the report (Baseline Measures and Improvement Targets), to request that officers provide information to Members outwith the meeting to explain the discrepancy in the figures;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Integrated Children’s Services to bring a report to Committee following the publication of the Education Bill by the Scottish Government detailing:-

(a)             how the national and local systems will be aligned

(b)             how the measures will help track and report progress against realising the ambitions of the LOIP and locality plans; and

(c)              the proposed KPIs for reporting to Committee; and

(iv)      to otherwise approve the recommendations in the report.