Children, Families & Communities Committee - 13/05/2024

At a MEETING of the CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held remotely on 13th May, 2024.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

External members for Articles I to IV

Ms Jodi BARCLAY, Teacher Representative

Mr David GIBSON, Teacher Representative

Mrs Tara JAVED. Parent Representative

Mrs Teresa LITTLE, Roman Catholic Church Representative

Mrs Margaret MCVEAN, Church of Scotland Representative

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 4th March, 2024 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

II THIRD RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

There was submitted Agenda Note AN11-2024 wherein it was reported that Mr Rizvan Aboobaker, Third Religious Representative had intimated his resignation from this Committee.

The Committee agreed that it be remitted to the Head of Democratic and Legal Services to make the necessary arrangements to seek nominations for a replacement and to report back to the Committee in due course.

III TAYSIDE PLAN FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES GRANT FUND UPDATE

There was submitted Report No 135-2024 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service providing an update on the implications of Scottish Government tapered funding model for Regional Improvement Collaboratives (RICs), including in respect of the Tayside Plan for Children, Young People and Families 2023/2026. The report highlighted amended improvement priorities made considering the reduction in funding.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the amended reduction and agreed the improvement priorities identified to be supported by the tapered funding allocation; and

(ii) to remit the Executive Director of Children and Families Services to provide a progress report in autumn 2024 in line with statutory annual reporting requirements for integrated childrens service plans.

IV SENIOR PHASE - LEAVERS UPDATE

There was submitted Report No 136-2024 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service providing information on the attainment of S4-S6 school leavers in academic session 2022/2023, in relation to four national benchmarking measures: Percentage of Leavers attaining Literacy and Numeracy, Improving Attainment for All, Attainment versus Deprivation and Percentage of School Leavers in an initial Positive Destination. Senior phase attainment data for S4-S6 school leavers in academic session 2022/2023 had been extracted from the national Insight Senior Phase benchmarking tool, which was updated on 28th February, 2024.

The Committee agreed to note the content of the report.

At this juncture external members of the Committee departed.

V EDUCATION SCOTLAND (HIS MAJESTYS INSPECTORS) COMMUNITY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSVISIT REPORT

There was submitted Report No 98-2024 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services providing an update on the findings of the Education Scotland (His Majestys Inspectors) Community Learning and Development Progress Visit.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the outcome of the Education Scotland Progress Visit; and

(ii) to acknowledge the work of Dundees Community Learning and Development Partnership, led by Dundee City Councils Communities Service.

VI REVIEW OF DUNDEES SCHEME FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS

There was submitted Report No 121-2024 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services seeking approval of the final draft of the amended Scheme, seeking approval for the publication of a Public Notice for the commencement of the final four week consultation period on the final draft of the amended Scheme and informing Committee of the timescale for the anticipated completion of the review.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to approve the final draft of the amended Scheme set out in Appendix I of the report;

(ii) to approve the publication of a Public Notice for the commencement of the final four week consultation period on the draft amended Scheme set out in Appendix II of the report; and

(iii) to note the timescales for the completion of the review set out in Appendix III of the report.

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.