Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026: Annual Progress Report 2025-2026
Perth and Kinross Council · 16 September 2026
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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: 16 September 2026 Report Title: Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026: Annual Progress Report 2025- 2026 Report Number: 26/251 Report Author: Sharon Cooper, Senior Service Manager – Children, Families and Justice 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 a final update on the progress made in 2025-2026 towards the priorities agreed 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 2025-2026 (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 that the Tayside Plan 2023-2026 - Annual Progress Report 2025-2026 report was the final update to the Children, Young People and Families Partnership on 12 June 2026.
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2.2 Notes the details achieved within the Tayside Plan Report on Progress 2025- 26 (Appendix 2). 2.3 Notes the decision of the Perth and Kinross Children, Young People and Families Partnership on 5 December 2025 to cease the Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families and replace it with the Perth and Kinross Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2026-2029. 2.4 Notes that the draft Perth and Kinross Council (PKC) Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2026-2029 was presented to the Learning and Families Committee on 27 May 2026 (Report No. 26/137 refers) and was also presented to the Children, Young People and Families Partnership meeting on 12 June 2026 for approval. 2.5 Requests that the Strategic Lead – Children, Families and Justice brings an annual update report on the new Perth and Kinross Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2026-2029. 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 the Children’s Service 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 has been via the Tayside Regional Improvement Collaborative (TRIC) multi-agency leadership group. This group has now disbanded but has continued to meet periodically to conclude its business. 3.3 Progress made on the priorities of the Tayside Plan are 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), Whole Family Wellbeing, 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 resulting in the end of the Tayside Regional Improvement Collaborative 3.5 Appendix 2, Report on Progress 2025-26, provides the detail of our progress towards the five collective commitments: • our children will have the best start in life
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• our children and young people will achieve and make positive contributions • 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, Attainment Gap Data, details the progress of all three local authorities in Tayside (PKC, Angus Council and Dundee City Council) with closing the poverty-related attainment gap for the national stretch aims. 3.7 Appendix 4, Headline Measures, provides an update on all headline performance indicators reported in the Tayside Plan. 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 - Tayside Plan for Infants, Children, Young People and Families 2023-2026 Report on Progress 2025-26 5.3 Appendix 3 - Attainment Gap Data 5.4 Appendix 4 - Headline Measures