Agenda
West Dunbartonshire Council · 28 May 2025
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Agenda Educational Services Committee Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 ___________________________________________________________________ Time: 10:00 ___________________________________________________________________ Format: Hybrid Meeting ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Scott Kelly, Committee Officer Tel: 01389 737220. Email: scott.kelly@west-dunbarton.gov.uk committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a meeting of the Educational Services Committee as detailed above. Members will have the option to attend the meeting remotely or in person at the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. The business is shown on the attached agenda. Yours faithfully PETER HESSETT Chief Executive
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Distribution: Councillor Clare Steel (Chair) Councillor Hazel Sorrell Councillor Fiona Hennebry Councillor Sophie Traynor Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal Mrs Barbara Barnes Councillor David McBride Miss Faith Bhardwaj MSYP Councillor Michelle McGinty Ms Kirsty Connolly Councillor John Millar (Vice Chair) Mr Gavin Corrigan Provost Karen Murray Conaghan Miss Ellen McBride Councillor Lawrence O’Neill Reverend Ian Miller Councillor Lauren Oxley Ms Hannah Redford Councillor Martin Rooney Miss Rebecca Ross MSYP Councillor William Rooney Ms Julia Strang Councillor Gordon Scanlan All other Councillors for information Chief Education Officer Date of Issue: 15 May 2025 Audio Streaming Audio recordings of the meeting (including the attendance or contribution of any party participating or making a contribution) will be published on the Council’s website and the Council’s host’s webcast/audio stream platform. You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the General Data Protection Regulation. Data collected during this audio stream will be retained in accordance with the Council’s Privacy Notice and Retention Schedules including, but not limited to, for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available via the Council’s internet site.
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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025 AGENDA 1 STATEMENT BY CHAIR – AUDIO STREAMING The Chair will be heard in connection with the above. 2 APOLOGIES 3 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the items of business on this agenda and the reasons for such declarations. 4 RECORDING OF VOTES The Committee is asked to agree that all votes taken during the meeting will be carried out by roll call vote to ensure an accurate record. 5 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 5 – 9 Submit, for approval as a correct record, the Minutes of Meeting of the Educational Services Committee held on 27 November 2024. 6 LOCAL NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE FOR TEACHERS 11 – 12 Submit for information, and where necessary ratification, the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers held on 3 December 2024. 7 OPEN FORUM The Committee is asked to note that no open forum questions have been submitted by members of the public. 8/
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8 INCREASE SUSTAINABLE RATE PAID TO FUNDED EARLY 13 – 17 LEARNING AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS Submit report by the Chief Education Officer outlining a proposal to increase the hourly rate paid by West Dunbartonshire Council to contracted private providers for funded Early Learning and Childcare. 9 PROCUREMENT OF VEHICLES FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORT 19 – 22 Submit report by the Chief Education Officer:- (a) providing an update on plans to transport pupils with Additional Support Needs to and from school from the beginning of school session 2025/26; and (b) seeking approval to proceed with the procurement of six vehicles as part of the fleet to transport children to and from school. 10 EDUCATION DELIVERY PLAN 2025/26 23 – 43 Submit report by the Chief Education Officer setting out the Education Delivery Plan for 2026/26. 11 NATIONAL THEMATIC INSPECTION REPORT 45 – 117 Submit report by the Chief Education Officer presenting the West Dunbartonshire National Thematic Summarised Inspection Findings (March 2025), conducted by His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HMIE), along with the National Thematic Inspection Report (March 2025). 12 EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE UPDATE 119 – 123 Submit report by the Chief Education Officer informing of progress made to provide high quality Early Learning and Childcare in West Dunbartonshire Council. 13 SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND 125 – 203 FAMILIES UPDATE REPORT Submit report by the Chief Education Officer informing of progress on supports to children, young people and families.