Item 13 Appendix 2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 21 May 2025
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1 Equalities Outcome Monitoring progress report 2021-25 Council Equality Outcomes 01 - Increase participation of BME people, disabled people and young people in Community Empowerment and Capacity Building, and Community Budgeting in West Dunbartonshire. 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner No. of residents involved in community budgeting 0 0 900 450 0 0 276 250 Elaine Troup Number of unique individuals participating in courses targeted at improving English for Speakers of Other Languages through W4U Adult Learning & Literacies 56 35 102 75 108 75 96 70 Jane Logue Council Equality Outcomes 02 - Better meet accommodation needs of Gypsy/Travellers travelling through and staying in West Dunbartonshire.
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2 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner % of gypsies/travellers satisfied with the landlord's management of the site 91.67 % 90% 91.67 % 90% 94.12 % 90% 94.12 % 90% John Kerr Council Equality Outcomes 03 - The Council aims to attract more diverse talent by reviewing our policies and practices to ensure that there are no barriers to entering employment for these groups 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner % of our workforce who have declared a disability 1.48% 2.1% 1.46% 2.2% 0.04% 2.2% 1.4% 2.2% John Duffy % of our workforce who have stated they are LGBT 0.96% 2.5% 1.06% 2.5% 1.19% 2.5% 1.3% 2.5% John Duffy % of our workforce who are from a Black minority ethnic group 0.58% 0.5% 0.58% 1% 0.58% 1% 0.7% 1% John Duffy Council Equality Outcomes 04 - The Council will aim within the next four years to reduce occupational segregation within predominantly male/female roles 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner Gender pay gap 2.15% 3% 1.78% 3% -0.4% 3% 0.04% 3% John Duffy
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3 Council Equality Outcomes 05 - Reduce the Disability Pay Gap 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner Disability pay gap 5.9% 10% 3.68% 10% 1.07% 10% -0.2% 10% John Duffy Council Mainstreaming Goal - Improve Council Service Accessibility 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner No. of EIAs supported 126 24 171 24 187 24 185 24 Ricardo Rea % of older (65+) residents who have access to the internet in some form (home, phone, libraries, etc.) 71% 60% 74% 60% 67% 60% 63% 60% Ricardo Rea Education Equality Outcomes 01 - Young women, disabled and black minority ethnic young people are supported and leave school with positive destinations 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Status Value Status Value Status Value Status Owner % pass rate(A-C) for females in Higher computing science, design and manufacture and Physics Higher 86.11 82.35 70.97 Data available September 2025 Andrew Brown
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4 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Status Value Status Value Status Value Status Owner % of schools taking part in STEM Challenges 70% 70% 70% Data available February 2026 Julie McGrogan Uptake of Technical Subjects (Computing Science, Craft & Design, Design Technology) for females from BGE to Senior Phase 19.9% 16.6% 16.5% Data available September 2025 Andrew Brown Percentage of male students undertaking Foundation Apprenticeships in 'Children & Young People' and 'Health and Social Care' 3.45% 0% 5% Data available September 2025 Andrew Brown Percentage of female students undertaking Foundation Apprenticeships in 'Engineering' 14.2% 15.4% 18.2% Data available September 2025 Andrew Brown Education Equality Outcomes 02 - Raise Attainment in Male pupils in Literacy and Numeracy 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Status Value Status Value Status Value Status Owner % difference between male and female pupils attaining national levels in literacy in Secondary school 9.3 10 2.4 Data available December 2025 Katherine Forbes; Julie McGrogan % difference between male and female pupils attaining national levels in literacy in Primary school 8.6 12.2 14 Data available December 2025 Katherine Forbes; Julie McGrogan % difference between male and female pupils attaining national levels in Numeracy in Secondary school 1.3 0.9 -1.7 Data available December 2025 Katherine Forbes; Julie McGrogan
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5 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Status Value Status Value Status Value Status Owner % difference between male and female pupils attaining national levels in numeracy in Primary school -4.3 2.9 1.2 Data available December 2025 Katherine Forbes; Julie McGrogan Education Equality Outcomes 03 - Raise Attainment in BME pupils in Literacy and Numeracy 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 OwnerPerformance Indicator Value Status Value Status Value Status Value Status % of BME pupils attaining national levels in literacy in Primary School 61.2 68.2 69.8 Data available December 2025 Claire Cusick; Katherine Forbes % of BME pupils attaining national levels in numeracy in Primary School 72.7 76.4 79.4 Data available December 2025 Claire Cusick; Katherine Forbes % of BME pupils attaining national levels in literacy in Secondary School 78.4 80.8 95.3 Data available December 2025 Claire Cusick; Katherine Forbes % of BME pupils attaining national levels in numeracy in Secondary School 94.6 88.5 93 Data available December 2025 Claire Cusick; Katherine Forbes
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6 Education Mainstreaming Goal - Developing Inclusiveness of our schools 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25Performance Indicator Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Value Target Status Owner Number of schools participating in rights-based education 100 90 70 90 90 100 100 100 Claire Cusick Number of mentors in 'Mentors in Violence Prevention' programme 30 20 This project was temporarily halted during the pandemic; therefore, no results are available. 15 15 Claire Cusick Number of schools / centres participating in Black History and Black Lives Matter activities 100 70 This target was overcome by the curriculum design and reviews which schools have undertaken. All schools now include this work in their curricular planning. Claire Cusick Number of parental engagement opportunities for parents of pupils with ASN 14 14 The evolution of the Yr 2 and 3 ASN strategy has ensured that all specialist settings have developed and engaged in increased parental involvement and engagement opportunities in a range of ways, since 22 -25. It is therefore not a requirement to track growth in this way. Claire Cusick PI Status PI significantly missed PI narrowly missed PI target met or exceeded No data available Data Only