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The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to note the approach being taken and progress to date;

(ii)        to acknowledge reference to the Educational Institute of Scotland survey report at 3.2.19 on Violence and Abusive Behaviour in Schools and agree that any incidents of violent and abusive behaviour are unacceptable whereby the wellbeing of our staff in schools within Aberdeen City Council is being negatively impacted, and request that the Service investigates further these findings to identify the root cause(s) of the issue which is putting our staff in schools at risk of harm, both physical and psychological, and identifies mitigating actions to address the issues we are currently experiencing;

(iii)       to instruct the Programme Manager to report on the above and the programme within three committee cycles; and

(iv)       to welcome this review and its focus on the risk of exclusion and low attendance to understand better their root causes.

With reference to article 10 of the minute of its meeting of 12 November 2019, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which set out progress on the instruction from Committee that officers work with staff in schools and Trade Unions to address the key themes highlighted in the earlier report, and which took into account the EIS Survey commissioned in May 2019 which surveyed their members around instances of violence and aggression in schools.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       note the approach being taken and progress made to date; and

(b)       instruct the Programme Manager to report on the programme within three committee cycles.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to note that the clerk would circulate the EIS survey to the External Members who had not been on the Committee at the time of the original circulation;

(ii)        to note the approach being taken and progress to date;

(iii)       to acknowledge reference to the Educational Institute of Scotland survey report at 3.2.19 on Violence and Abusive Behaviour in Schools and agree that any incidents of violent and abusive behaviour are unacceptable whereby the wellbeing of staff in schools within Aberdeen City Council is being negatively impacted, and request that the Service investigates further these findings to identify the root cause(s) of the issue which is putting staff in schools at risk of harm, both physical and psychological, and identifies mitigating actions to address the issues currently being experienced;

(iv)       to instruct the Programme Manager to report on the above and the programme within three committee cycles; and

(v)        to welcome this review and its focus on the risk of exclusion and low attendance to understand better their root causes.