Children, Families & Communities Committee - 02/09/2024

At a MEETING of the CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 2nd September, 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 24th June, 2024 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

II PARENT AND PUPIL REPRESENTATION ON THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

On a reference 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 and pupil representatives on the Children and Families Services Committee, there was submitted Agenda Note AN18-2024.

(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

It was reported that the pupil representative for the 2023/2024 session had now left school and the City-Wide Pupil Voice had nominated a replacement pupil representative. Arrangements were being made for the pupil to become a member of the Committee and further details would be reported in due course.

The Committee noted the position as indicated.

III FOLLOW-UP SCHOOL LEAVER DESTINATIONS

There was submitted Report No 236-2024 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service presenting the results of the Scottish Governments Summary Statistics for Follow-Up Leaver Destinations, No.6: 2024 Edition, published 18th June, 2024, in relation to Dundees 2022/2023 school leavers post-school destinations.

The Committee agreed:-

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

(ii) to request that the Executive Director provided a further update report on the achievement and attainment of our young people in the Senior Phase in academic session 2023/2024 following the Insight (national benchmarking tool) update scheduled to take place late September, 2024.

IV SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY (SQA) 2024 EXAM RESULTS

There was submitted Report No 243-2024 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service providing an initial high-level summary of provisional, pre-appeals, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) 2024 exam results, published 6th August, 2024.

The Committee agreed:-

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

(ii) to request that the Executive Director provided a further update report on the achievement and attainment of our young people in the Senior Phase in academic session 2023/2024 following the Insight (national benchmarking tool) update scheduled to take place late September, 2024.

V ADOPTION OF REVISED SCHEME FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS

There was submitted Report No 214-2024 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services seeking approval for the adoption of the revised Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to adopt the revised Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils; and

(ii) to the first set of elections under the scheme being held from 1st March, 2025.

VI COMMUNITY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2024-2027

There was submitted Report No 217-2024 by the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services seeking approval for the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Plan, which was developed with key CLD partners in the City under the Requirement for Community Learning and Development (Scotland) Regulations 2013.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to approve the Community Learning and Development Plan, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report; and

(ii) to note that progress on the plan would be reported to Committee annually.

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.