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The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to approve the draft Self-Evaluation based on the document ‘Improving School Empowerment through self-evaluation: A Framework for Local Authorities’ as contained in Appendix A; in preparation for submission to Education Scotland; and

(ii)        to instruct the Chief Education Officer to submit the Self-Evaluation document when requested to do so by Education Scotland and make this available to Members through the circulation of a Service Update.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which provided an update on the direction of travel, self-evaluation and future planning which would ensure that the Education Service continued to work towards an empowered system, and sought approval for submission of the Aberdeen City Council response to ‘Improving School Empowerment through Self-Evaluation: A Framework for Local Authorities’.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       approve the draft Self-Evaluation based on the document ‘Improving School Empowerment through self-evaluation: A Framework for Local Authorities’ as contained in Appendix A; in preparation for submission to Education Scotland; and

(b)       instruct the Chief Education Officer to submit the Self-Evaluation document when requested to do so by Education Scotland and make this available to Members through the circulation of a Service Update.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.