Committee details

1.

Service Delivery and Performance

1.1

The Committee will, in respect of educational services (early years and schools) provided by Integrated Children’s and Family Services and the management of the school estate undertaken by the Corporate Landlord:-

1.1.1

oversee, and make decisions relating to service delivery;

1.1.2

approve options to improve/transform service delivery relative to the functions of the Council as education authority under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and all other relevant legislation and regulations;

1.1.3

scrutinise operational performance and service standards in line with the Performance Management Frameworks and consider recommendations for improvements where required;

1.1.4

receive the cluster risk registers relative to its remit and scrutinise to ensure assurance of the controls in place;

1.1.5

approve all policies and strategies relative to its remit; and

1.1.6

receive reports on school inspections and peer reviews in order to ensure best practice and note any resultant improvement actions arising from those inspections and reviews.

1.2

In undertaking the aspects at 1.1, the Committee will ensure that it is acting within the budget set by Council and is supporting the delivery of the Council’s agreed outcomes, commissioning intentions and service standards.

1.3

The Committee may make recommendations to the appropriate committee(s) or sub committees on areas affecting educational services where the authority to approve sits within the remit of another committee or sub committee.

External Membership

The Committee’s membership will include seven persons with voting rights who are not members of the Council. The seven external members will be appointed by the Council at its statutory meeting (or other meeting as appropriate) as follows:-

1.

three persons representing religious bodies in accordance with the requirements of s124 (4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and

2.

in accordance with the discretion conferred by s124 (3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973:

2.1

two teachers employed in educational establishments managed by the Council nominated by the Teachers’ Consultative Forum, comprising one representative from primary, including nursery, and one representative from secondary; and

2.2

two parent representatives, selected by the Aberdeen City Parent Council Forum from within its own membership, comprising one representative from primary, including nursery, and one representative from secondary.