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(i)       notes the content of this report;

(ii)       instructs the Chief Officer – Education to continue to support Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings and schools to implement continuous improvement in keeping with the Quality Frameworks; and

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education to monitor progress against the action plans put in place to realise improvements at Stompers, Flexible Childcare and Walker Road and report progress towards achieving the actions within two committee cycles.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Executive which detailed how Aberdeen City schools and Early Learning and Childcare settings had engaged with His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HMIe) and The Care Inspectorate since July 2022.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the content of the report;

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education to continue to support Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings and schools to implement continuous improvement in keeping with the Quality Frameworks; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education to monitor progress against the action plans put in place to realise improvements at Stompers and Flexible Childcare and report progress towards achieving the actions within two committee cycles.

At this juncture, it was noted that recommendation (c) should also have referred to Walker Road School, as the action plan for that school was appended to the report.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations, subject to adding ‘and Walker Road School’ at recommendation (c).