Issue - meetings
Quarter 2/Mid-Year Improvement Plan Monitoring Report 2016/17
Meeting: 15/12/2016 - Education and Youth Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 41)
41 Quarter 2/Mid-Year Improvement Plan Monitoring Report 2016/17 
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Report of Chief Officer (Education and Youth)
Additional documents:
Decision:
That the report be noted.
Minutes:
The Chief Officer (Education and Youth) introduced the report to present the monitoring of progress for the second quarter of the Improvement Plan 2016/17 priority ‘Skills and Learning’ relevant to the Committee. He explained that it was a positive report with almost all activities being assessed as making good progress and the majority of performance indicators met or exceeding target. He gave an overview of the report and referred to the two major risk areas around skills and learning as detailed in the report.
During discussion Officers responded to the questions and comments raised by members around the backlog in repair and maintenance works of school buildings. The Chief Officer also responded in detail to the concerns made by Mr. David Hytch around school leadership appointments, the difficulties experienced by secondary schools in recruiting teachers/heads of department in specialist subjects, and the support and challenge provided to schools by GwE.
RESOLVED
That the report be noted.