Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to request that the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning, circulate information to all Members in relation to the number of placing requests submitted for S1 pupils in 2025 and how many were successful; and

(ii)            to note the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Directors - Families & Communities and Corporate Services, which presented Committee with (a) the status of key quarterly performance and service standard measures (and recent national publications) relating to the Education and Lifelong Learning and Children’s Social Work and Family Support Clusters; (b) progress update in respect of the Council’s National Improvement Framework Plan and (c) early reflections against the initial release of 2025 Senior Phase attainment and achievement data through the Insight and Local Government Benchmarking tools.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the report and provide comments and observations on the information contained in the report appendices.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to request that the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning, circulate information to all Members in relation to the number of placing requests submitted for S1 pupils in 2025 and how many were successful; and

(ii)            to note the report.