Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the progress made in delivering ABZ Campus which aimed to further broaden the curriculum offer for young people in the Senior Phase in Aberdeen City Council schools;

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to support the roll out of Phase 3 ABZ Campus; and

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to continue to report the progress of ABZ Campus to Members through a yearly service update.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director Families and Communities which provided an update on progress with ABZ Campus, with particular reference to levels and achievements of participants and of plans in place for 2025-26. The report also included a full review of the impact of the role of the Pathways Advocate.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the progress made in delivering ABZ Campus which aimed to further broaden the curriculum offer for young people in the Senior Phase in Aberdeen City Council schools;

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to support the roll out of Phase 3 ABZ Campus; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer - Education and Lifelong Learning to continue to report the progress of ABZ Campus to Members through a yearly service update.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.