Children And Families Committee - 11/05/2026
At a MEETING of the CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 11th May, 2026.
Present:-
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Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL
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Depute Lord Provost Nadia EL-NAKLA |
BAILIES
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Will DAWSON |
Kevin KEENAN |
Christina ROBERTS |
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Willie SAWERS |
Helen WRIGHT |
Derek SCOTT |
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Fraser MACPHERSON |
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COUNCILLORS
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Jimmy BLACK |
Steven ROME |
George McIRVINE |
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Kevin CORDELL |
Lynne SHORT |
Wendy SCULLIN |
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Mark FLYNN |
Roisin SMITH |
Pete SHEARS |
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Stewart HUNTER |
Siobhan TOLLAND |
Daniel COLEMAN |
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Ken LYNN |
Georgia CRUICKSHANK |
Michael CRICHTON |
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Lee MILLS |
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Craig DUNCAN |
External Members for Articles I to IV
Ms Jodi BARCLAY, Teacher Representative
Mr David GIBSON, Teacher Representative
Mrs Margaret McVEAN, Church of Scotland Representative
Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Committee of 2nd March, 2026 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
I DECLARATION OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of interest.
II EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1980 - APPEAL COMMITTEE
There was submitted Agenda Note AN21-2026 advising that it had been necessary to seek nominations for additional Chairs of the Appeal Committee. The Head of Democratic and Legal Services advised that the undernoted were recommended for appointment with immediate effect for the remainder of the lifetime of the present Council:-
Helen Gray
John Hughes
Andrena Waghorn
The Committee approved the above.
III SENIOR PHASE - SCHOOL LEAVERS UPDATE REPORT
There was submitted Report No 114-2026 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service providing information on the attainment of S4, S5 and S6 school leavers in academic session 2024/2025 in relation to four national benchmarking measures published through Insight:
- Percentage of Leavers attaining Literacy and Numeracy.
- Improving Attainment for All.
- Attainment versus Deprivation.
- Percentage of School Leavers in an initial Positive Destination.
In addition to local authority level authority analysis, the report included illustrative school-level evidence drawn directly from Insight to highlight notable examples of improvement across Dundee secondary schools.
The Committee agreed to note the content of the report.
IV REVIEW OF DEVOLVED SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHEME (DSM)
There was submitted Report No 115-2026 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service seeking approval for the revised Devolved School Management (DSM) Scheme for Dundee City Council.
The Committee agreed:-
(i) to approve the revised Devolved School Management (DSM) Scheme set out in Appendix 1 of the report, including the removal of property rates and property cleaning from devolved budgets; and
(ii) to note that the revised scheme complied with the Scottish Governments 2019 Devolved School Management (DSM) Guidelines.
Stewart HUNTER, Convener.