Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Virtual Meeting - via Microsoft Teams

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Items
No. Item

1.1

Order of Business

Including any notices of motion and any other items of business submitted as urgent for consideration at the meeting.

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2.1

Declaration of Interests

Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest.

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3.1

Deputations

If any

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4.1

Minute of 7 December 2021 pdf icon PDF 198 KB

Minute of the Education, Children and Families Committee of 7 December 2021- submitted for approval as a correct record

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4.2

Minute of 24 January 2022 pdf icon PDF 103 KB

Minute of the Education, Children and Families Committee  of 24 January 2022 – submitted for approval as a correct record

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5.1

Rolling Actions Log pdf icon PDF 381 KB

Rolling Actions Log

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5.2

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 122 KB

Work Programme

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6.1

Business Bulletin pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Business Bulletin

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7.1

Energy in Schools - Annual Report pdf icon PDF 256 KB

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7.2

Empowered Learning Programme pdf icon PDF 301 KB

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7.3

Gaelic Medium Education (GME) Update pdf icon PDF 140 KB

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7.4

Learning Estate Update: School Roll Projections and West Edinburgh Engagement pdf icon PDF 818 KB

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7.5

Early Years 1140 Capital Programme Update pdf icon PDF 187 KB

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7.6

Holiday Support for Children Affected by a Disability pdf icon PDF 162 KB

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7.7

School Excursions - Equity (Further Update) pdf icon PDF 402 KB

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7.8

School Sports and Extracurricular Activities: Progress Update pdf icon PDF 1 MB

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7.9

Pathways pdf icon PDF 110 KB

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7.10

Child Poverty Update - Schools and Lifelong Learning pdf icon PDF 290 KB

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7.11

Promoting Equality pdf icon PDF 501 KB

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7.12

Children and Young People's Participation pdf icon PDF 415 KB

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7.13

Early Years Session 2021-22 Parent Survey Findings pdf icon PDF 277 KB

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7.14

Supporting Teach for the Future

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7.15

Attendance Thematic Review pdf icon PDF 1 MB

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7.16

Review Cuts to English as an Additional Language Provision for Dalry Primary School pdf icon PDF 319 KB

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7.17

Edinburgh Community Learning and Development Plan 2018-2021 pdf icon PDF 980 KB

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7.18

Update of Devolved School Management Scheme pdf icon PDF 791 KB

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8.1

Revenue Monitoring 2021/2022 - Month 9 Position pdf icon PDF 205 KB

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8.2

Internal Audit: Overdue Findings and Key Performance Indicators as at 5 November 2021 - Referral from the Governance, Risk and Best Value Committee pdf icon PDF 785 KB

Internal Audit: Overdue Findings and Key Performance Indicators as at 5 November 2021 - Referral from the Governance, Risk and Best Value Committee

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9.1

Motion by Councillor Laidlaw - Preparation of School Meals

Motion by Councillor Laidlaw - Preparation of School Meals

Committee

Notes that across the school estate there is a split between schools that produce their meals in on-site production kitchens and those with ‘dining centres’ that rely on re-heating facilities for meals produced in other schools.

Recognises that despite the best-efforts of catering staff, food served in dining centres can fall short of the quality standards of that produced on-site and that this is exacerbated by longer journeys.

Acknowledges that the ambition would be to have production facilities in all schools but that current resources do not allow for that ambition to be fulfilled in the short-term.

Notes that Scottish Government has committed to offering free school meals to all children in primaries one to five from January 2022 and recognises the additional pressure this puts on kitchens and dining centres.

Supports officers in their efforts to secure additional Scottish Government funding to help grow the number of production kitchens.

Asks officers to review the current relationships between Production Kitchens and Dining Centres with the aim to reduce the journey times and prepare food as close to the destination as possible, and to look to optimise menus for food items that both ‘travel’ well and appeal to young diners.”

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9.2

Motion by Councillor Laidlaw - Scottish Government Health and Wellbeing Census

Motion by Councillor Laidlaw – Scottish Government Health and Wellbeing Census

“Committee

Notes the concerns that have been raised by pupils, parents and educationalists with regard to the Health and Wellbeing Census that is being asked of school pupils across Scotland and the decision of a number of local authorities to halt its rollout.

Recognises that following debate, Council agreed to its implementation in CEC schools.

Notes that this decision was made without receipt of information about scope and scale of the Census and that concerns continue to be raised.

Asks for a report detailing the roll-out in Edinburgh to be submitted to Full Council on March 17th 2022 to include:

-          Questions being asked of pupils in each year group

-          Number of pupils included (per schools and year group)

-          Number of opt-outs (per school and year group)

-          Number of completed questionnaires received

-          Number of ‘cause for concern’ responses logged by CEC”

 

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