Issue - meetings

(i)       to note that officers would circulate the Queen’s Cross Nursery action plan to Members outwith the meeting;

(ii)       to note that the link at section 3.8 of the report was broken and that officers would circulate a new link to Members after the meeting;

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

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

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Executive Director – Families and Communities which detailed the outcome of inspection reports published by His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HMIe) and The Care Inspectorate on the quality of Aberdeen City schools and Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings since the last meeting of the Education and Children’s Services Committee in February 2024.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the content of the report; and

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

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that officers would circulate the Queen’s Cross Nursery action plan to Members outwith the meeting;

(ii)       to note that the link at section 3.8 of the report was broken and that officers would circulate a new link to Members after the meeting; and

(iii)      to approve the recommendations.