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Meeting: 29/04/2025 - Education and Children's Services Committee (Item 6)
Urgent Notice of Motion - Councillor Greig & Councillor Mennie
That Committee:-
Instructs the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to issue a service update to Members with a broad overview of the ongoing preventative work to tackle behaviour issues in schools, including progress against the national Behaviour Action Plan, any specific trends in respect of incidents, and any comparator figures with other local authorities if available.
Decision:
The Committee resolved:-
to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to provide a report to the next meeting of Education and Children’s Services to Members with a broad overview of the ongoing preventative work to tackle behaviour issues in schools, including progress against the national Behaviour Action Plan, any specific trends in respect of incidents, and any comparator figures with other local authorities if available.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it an urgent notice of motion by the Convener and Vice Convener in the following terms:-
That the Committee:-
Instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to provide a report to the next meeting of Education and Children’s Services to Members with a broad overview of the ongoing preventative work to tackle behaviour issues in schools, including progress against the national Behaviour Action Plan, any specific trends in respect of incidents, and any comparator figures with other local authorities if available.
The Convener moved, seconded by the Vice Convener:-
That the Committee approve the urgent notice of motion.
Councillor Malik, moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Blake:-
That the Committee instructs the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to produce a report to the meeting of Council on 20 August 2025 with a broad overview of the ongoing preventative work to tackle behaviour issues in schools, including progress against the national Behaviour Action Plan, any specific trends in respect of incidents, and any comparator figures with other local authorities if available.
On a division, there voted – for the motion (10) – the Convener, the Vice Convener, Councillor Cameron, the Lord Provost and Councillors Allard, Hazel Cameron, Fairfull, MacGregor and Radley and Dr Murray and Mr Murray – for the amendment (6) Councillors Blake, Brooks, Malik, McLeod and Mrs Stewart and Mr Regmi – declined to vote (2) – Mr Haywood and Ms Munro.
The Committee resolved:-
to adopt the motion.