Children, Families & Communities Committee - 12/05/2025
At a MEETING of the CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 12th May, 2025.
Present:-
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Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL
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Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL |
BAILIES
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Will DAWSON |
Willie SAWERS |
Fraser MACPHERSON |
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Christina ROBERTS |
Kevin KEENAN |
Derek SCOTT |
COUNCILLORS
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Heather ANDERSON |
Lee MILLS |
Dorothy McHUGH |
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Jimmy BLACK |
Steven ROME |
George McIRVINE |
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Nadia EL-NAKLA |
Lynne SHORT |
Wendy SCULLIN |
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Mark FLYNN |
Roisin SMITH |
Pete SHEARS |
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Stewart HUNTER |
Siobhan TOLLAND |
Michael CRICHTON |
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Ken LYNN |
Georgia CRUICKSHANK |
Craig DUNCAN |
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Jax FINNEGAN |
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External Members for Articles I to II.
Ms Jodi BARCLAY, Teacher Representative
Miss Eva DEY, Pupil 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 3rd March, 2025 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
I DECLARATION OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of interest.
II SENIOR PHASE SCHOOL LEAVERS UPDATE
There was submitted Report No 147-2025 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service, providing information on the attainment of S4, S5, and S6 school leavers in academic session 2023/2024, particularly in relation to four national benchmarking measures:
- Percentage of Leavers attaining Literacy and Numeracy
- Improving Attainment for All
- Attainment versus Deprivation
- Leaver Initial Destinations
The Report also provided senior phase attainment data for school leavers in academic session 2023/2024 which had been extracted from the national Insight Senior Phase benchmarking tool, which was updated on 26th February 2025.
The Committee agreed to note the content of the report.
Stewart HUNTER, Convener.