Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to congratulate staff at Marchburn Children’s Home on the positive inspection following the unannounced visit;

(ii)       to note the content of the report; and

(iii)      to 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.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services 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 March 2023.

The report provided updates on the following:-

Harlaw Academy

Dyce Academy

Broomhill ELC

Rocking Horse Nursery

Kirkhill ELC

Abbotswell ELC

Forehill ELC

Flexible Childcare Services (Tillydrone)

Orchard Brae ELC

Heathryburn ELC

Bruce Nursery

Marchburn Children’s Home

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the content of the report; and

(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.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to congratulate staff at Marchburn Children’s Home on the positive inspection following the unannounced visit; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendation.