Children, Families & Communities Committee - 04/09/2023

At a MEETING of the CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held remotely on 4th September, 2023.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

External Members for Articles I and II

Mrs Margaret McVEAN, Church of Scotland Representative

Ms Jodi BARCLAY, Parent Representative

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

II PARENT, PUPIL, RELIGIOUS AND TEACHER REPRESENTATION ON THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES ANDCOMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

There was submitted Agenda Note AN26-2023, wherein reference was made to Article V of the minute of meeting of the City Council held on 23rd May, 2022, wherein it was agreed to seek nominations for parent, pupil, religious and teacher representatives on the Children and Families Services Committee.

(a) PARENT REPRESENTATION

The current parent representatives were Tara Javed (primary representative) and John Anderson-McGuinness (secondary representative) and there was no need for them to be replaced at this time. The nominees had agreed to continue to abide by the Code of Conduct in accordance with the Standards Commissions Guidance.

The Committee approved the above.

(b) PUPIL REPRESENTATION - A RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATION - CATHOLIC CHURCH

It was reported that the pupil representative for 2022/2023 session had now left school and the City Wide Pupil Voice would nominate a replacement pupil representative in due course.

It was reported that Moira Leck had resigned as the Catholic Church representative following her retirement and a replacement would be nominated by the Catholic Church in due course.

The Committee noted the position.

(c) TEACHER REPRESENTATION

With regard to teacher representation, it was reported that David Baxter had resigned from the Education Authority. The Committee instructed the Head of Democratic and Legal Services to make the necessary arrangements to seek nominations for his replacement.

III PROGRESS - FOLLOW-UP LEAVERS DESTINATIONS UPDATE AND SQA RESULTS 2023

There was submitted Report No 243-2023 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service presenting the results of the Scottish Governments Summary Statistics for Follow-Up Leaver Destinations, No 5: 2023 Edition, published 13th June, 2023. It also provided an initial high-level summary of pre-appeals Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) 2023 exam results.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report; and

(ii) to instruct the Executive Director of Children and Families Service to provide a further update report on the achievement and attainment of our young people in the Senior Phase in academic session 2022/2023 following the Insight (national benchmarking tool) update scheduled to take place late September, 2023.

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.