Issue - meetings

That the Committee supports the progress made under Quarter 3 of the Improvement Plan for the ‘Skills and Learning’ priority

The Chief Officer (Education and Youth) introduced a report to present the monitoring of progress for the third quarter of the Improvement Plan 2016/17  priority ‘Skills and Learning’ relevant to the Committee.  He advised that it was a positive report and referred to progress against agreed actions, as detailed in the report, and the two major risk areas concerning the number of school places not matching changing demographics and the limited funding to address the backlog of known repair and maintenance work in Education and Youth assets.

In response to the concerns raised by David Hytch around the repair and maintenance work needed in Education and Youth assets, the Chief Officer explained that the backlog of work had reduced considerably as a result of the continued school modernisation programme and the 21^st Century Schools Programme, however, although progress had been achieved there was a risk that this could not be maintained in the future. 

RESOLVED:

That the Committee supports the progress made under Quarter 3 of the Improvement Plan for the ‘Skills and Learning’ priority