Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026 - Annual Progress Report
Perth and Kinross Council · 4 February 2026
Back to Learning and Families Committee — 4 February 2026 and its agenda
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Our vision is a Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequalities ___________________________________________________________________ Committee or Board: Learning and Families Committee Date of Meeting: 4 February 2026 Report Title: Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026 - Annual Progress Report 2024- 2025 Report Number: 26/34 Report Author: Sharon Cooper, Service Manager – Children and Families Social Work (FBSCommittee@pkc.gov.uk) Organisational Lead: Arun Singh, Strategic Lead – Children, Families and Justice ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the progress made in 2024-2025 towards the priorities in the Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026 (Appendix 1), hereafter referred to as the Tayside Plan. The Tayside Plan Report on Progress 2024-2025 (Appendix 2) details progress being made in relation to the five collective commitments outlined in the Tayside Plan. 1.2 Sections 1. Purpose 2. Recommendations 3. Background/Context 4. Impact and Value Assessment 5. Appendices 2. Recommendations It is recommended that the Committee: 2.1 Notes the progress detailed within the Tayside Plan Report on Progress 2024-2025 (Appendix 2). 2.2 Notes the decision of the Perth and Kinross Children, Young People and Families Partnership on 5 December 2025 to cease the Tayside Plan for
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Infants, Children, Young People and Families and revert to a Perth and Kinross Integrated Children’s Services Plan, from April 2026. 2.3 Requests that the Strategic Lead – Children, Families and Justice bring back an Annual Progress Report 2025-2026 to the Learning and Families Committee to conclude the reporting against the Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026. 2.4 Notes that the draft PKC Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2026 - 2029 will be presented to the Children, Young People and Families Partnership meeting on 27 February 2026. 2.5 Requests that the Strategic Lead – Children, Families and Justice bring the new Perth and Kinross Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2026-2029 to the Learning and Families Committee in May 2026. 2.6 Notes that the report for the Tayside Regional Improvement Collaborative (TRIC) - Report on Regional Children’s Services Partnership Planning will be the final update to the Children, Young People and Families Partnership in June 2026 before the Perth and Kinross Integrated Children’s Services Plan report replaces it. 3. Background/Context 3.1 The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, requires that the local authority and relevant health board must, in respect of each 3-year period, prepare a Children’s Services Plan; and that after the end of each one-year period, they must publish a report on the extent to which children’s services and related services have been provided in accordance with the Tayside Plan. Statutory Guidance for Children’s Services Planning is available to support community planning partnership areas in their preparation, implementation and review of their plans. 3.2 Governance of the progress towards the actions in the Tayside Plan is via the TRIC multi-agency leadership group. 3.3 This progress is regularly reported to the Perth and Kinross Children, Young People and Families Partnership where the Tayside Plan is considered in the context of several local workstreams including leading on The Promise Scotland, Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), Child Poverty, and Mental Health and Wellbeing. 3.4 In November 2023, the Scottish Government announced that it would taper funding allocated to regional collaboratives in the 2024-2025 academic year. The final allocation of funding was received in financial year 2024-2025. 3.5 Appendix 2 provides the detail of our progress towards the five collective commitments: Our children will have the best start in life. Our children and young people will achieve and make positive contributions.
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Our children and young people will enjoy good physical and mental health. Our children and young people will have their rights protected and their voices heard. Our children and young people will be safe and feel loved. 3.6 Appendix 3 details the progress of all three local authorities in Tayside (Perth and Kinross Council (PKC), Angus Council and Dundee City Council) with closing the poverty-related attainment gap for the national stretch aims. 3.7 Appendix 4 provides an update on all headline performance indicators reported in the Tayside Plan. 3.8 At the TRIC leadership meeting on 12 June 2025, representatives from each local authority recommended a return to a single Integrated Children’s Services Plan, with a separate plan for PKC, Angus Council and Dundee City Council, and with each retaining some elements of cross Tayside partnership planning and delivery of services. 4. Impact and Value Assessment 4.1 This report has been classified as being an operational report and as such does not require a full Impact and Value Assessment. 5. Appendices 5.1 Appendix 1 - Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026 5.2 Appendix 2 - The Tayside Plan Report on Progress 2024-25 5.3 Appendix 3 - Attainment Gap Data 5.4 Appendix 4 - Headline Measures