Children, Families & Communities Committee - 01/09/2025

At a MEETING of the CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE held remotely on 1st September, 2025.

Present:-

Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL

Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL

BAILIES

Will DAWSON	Kevin KEENAN	Christina ROBERTS
Willie SAWERS	Helen WRIGHT	Derek SCOTT
	Fraser MACPHERSON

COUNCILLORS

Heather ANDERSON	Steven ROME	Dorothy McHUGH
Jimmy BLACK	Lynne SHORT	George McIRVINE
Nadia EL-NAKLA	Roisin SMITH	Wendy SCULLIN
Mark FLYNN	Siobhan TOLLAND	Pete SHEARS
Stewart HUNTER	Georgia CRUICKSHANK	Daniel COLEMAN
Ken LYNN	Jax FINNEGAN	Michael CRICHTON
Lee MILLS		Craig DUNCAN

External Members for Articles I to IV

Mr John ANDERSON-MCGUINNESS, Parent Representative

Ms Jodi BARCLAY, Teacher Representative

Mr David GIBSON, Teacher Representative

Mrs Teresa LITTLE, Roman Catholic Church Representative

Miss Lilia MAIR, Pupil Representative

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 23rd June, 2025 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

II PUPIL REPRESENTATION ON CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

On a reference to Article II of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 23rd June, 2025 wherein it was noted that the City Wide Pupil Voice had nominated a replacement representative, there was submitted Agenda Note AN26-2025 reporting that Lilia Mair had been nominated for Session 2025/2026. The nominee had agreed to abide by the Code of Conduct in accordance with the Standards Commissions Guidance.

The Committee agreed to approve the appointment.

III SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY (SQA) 2025 EXAM RESULTS

There was submitted Report No 244-2025 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service providing an initial high-level summary of provisional, pre-appeal, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) 2025 exam results, published 5th August, 2025.

The Committee agreed:-

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

(ii) to request that the Executive Director of Children and Families Service provide a further update report on the achievement and attainment of our young people in the Senior Phase in academic session 2024/2025 following the Insight (national benchmarking tool) update scheduled to take place late September, 2025.

IV FOLLOW-UP SCHOOL LEAVER DESTINATIONS

There was submitted Report No 243-2025 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service presenting the results of the Scottish Governments Summary Statistics for Follow-Up Leaver Destinations, No 7: 2025 Edition, published 17th June, 2025, in relation to Dundees 2023/2024 school leavers post-school destinations.