Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the content of the report;

(ii)       to note that the Interim Chief Officer – Education would circulate the updated action plan in relation to Kittybrewster ELC; and

(iii)      to instruct the Interim Chief Officer – Education to continue to support Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings and schools to implement continuous improvement in keeping with the Quality Framework agreed at Committee in July 2023.

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 and had a report published since July 2023.

The report provided updates on the following:-

Flexible Childcare Services Cummings Park

Glashieburn ELC

Kittybrewster ELC

Milltimber ELC

Walker Road ELC

Kirkhill ELC; and

the Disabled Children and Young People Thematic Review.

Members asked a number of questions of officers on the inspection outcomes.  It was noted that the action plan for Kittybrewster ELC had some gaps in relation to actions which had been taken.  Officers advised that the plan had been updated since the papers had been prepared and undertook to circulate the revised version to Members.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the content of this report; and

(b)      instruct the Interim Chief Education Officer to continue to support Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings and schools to implement continuous improvement in keeping with the Quality Framework agreed at Committee in July 2023.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Interim Chief Education Officer would circulate the updated action plan in relation to Kittybrewster ELC; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations.