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(i)       to note that officers would ascertain the approvals in place for attendance at the Regensburg visit and advise Councillor McLeod outwith the meeting;

(ii)       to instruct he Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to continue to extend opportunities for music making through partnership working between the Music Service and Aberdeen City Music School and others;

(iii)      to note that the Music Service had identified within the report, that at primary school level the service could be in some ASGs “thinly spread in terms of choice available” and to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to determine if there were any changed patterns in uptake across secondary as a result of being thinly spread in some areas and include the findings in future  annual updates; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to report back on progress in one calendar year.

With reference to article 9 of the minute of its previous meeting of 17 September 2024, the Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director Families and Communities which provided an evaluative overview of the progress made in respect of the music service over the 2024/25 academic session; as well as including data about tuition at primary school level broken down by school, as requested at that meeting.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to continue to extend opportunities for music making through partnership working between the Music Service and Aberdeen City Music School and others; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to report back on progress in one calendar year.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that officers would ascertain the approvals in place for attendance at the Regensburg visit and advise Councillor McLeod outwith the meeting;

(ii)       to note that the Music Service had identified within the report, that at primary school level the service could be in some ASGs “thinly spread in terms of choice available” and to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning to determine if there were any changed patterns in uptake across secondary as a result of being thinly spread in some areas and include the findings in future  annual updates; and

(iii)      to approve the recommendations.