Children And Families Committee - 07/09/2026

At a MEETING of the CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 7th September, 2026.

 

Present:-

 

Depute Lord Provost Nadia EL-NAKLA

 

BAILIES

 

Will DAWSON	Kevin KEENAN	Fraser MACPHERSON
Willie SAWERS		Derek SCOTT

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Heather ANDERSON	Lee MILLS	Georgia CRUICKSHANK
Jimmy BLACK	Steven ROME	Dorothy McHUGH
Kevin CORDELL	Lynne SHORT	George McIRVINE
Mark FLYNN	Roisin SMITH	Wendy SCULLIN
Stewart HUNTER	Siobhan TOLLAND	Daniel COLEMAN
Ken LYNN		Craig DUNCAN

 

External Members for Articles I to IV

 

Ms Jodi BARCLAY, Teacher Representative

Mr David GIBSON, Teacher Representative

Mr Ben HILTON-CHRISTIE, Pupil Representative

Mrs Margaret McVEAN, Church of Scotland Representative

 

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 22nd June, 2026 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 AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE

 

There was submitted Agenda Note AN28-2026 reporting that, in relation to parent representation on the Children and Families Committee, Tara Javed had been nominated as the secondary representative. Nominations for a replacement primary representative were being sought and would be reported to Committee in due course.

 

In relation to pupil representation, it was reported that the City-Wide Pupil Voice had nominated Ben Hilton-Christie for Session 2026/2027.

 

The nominees had agreed to abide by the Code of Conduct in accordance with the Standards Commissions Guidance.

 

The Committee approved the appointments.

 

III QUALIFICATIONS SCOTLAND 2026 EXAM RESULTS

 

There was submitted Report No 189-2026 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service providing an initial high-level summary of provisional, pre-appeal Qualifications Scotland 2026 exam results, published 4th August, 2026.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

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

 

(ii) to request the Executive Director to provide a further update report on the achievement and attainment of our young people in the Senior Phase in academic session 2025/2026 following the Insight (national benchmarking tool) update scheduled to take place late September, 2026.

 

IV FOLLOW-UP SCHOOL LEAVER DESTINATIONS

 

There was submitted Report No 190-2026 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service presenting the results of the Scottish Governments Summary Statistics for Follow-Up Leaver Destinations, No 8: 2026 Edition, published 16th June, 2026, in relation to Dundees 2024/2025 school leavers post-school destinations.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the contents of the report;

 

(ii) to request the Executive Director to provide a further update report on the achievement and attainment of our young people in the Senior Phase academic session 2025/2026 following the Insight (national benchmarking tool) update scheduled to take place later in 2026; and

 

(iii) to note the positive impact of partnership working and targeted interventions in sustaining high levels of positive destinations for Dundee school leavers and endorse the continued implementation of the next phase of improvement activity outlined in Section 6 of the report.

 

 

 

 

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.