Item 10 - Education Delivery Plan 2025-26
West Dunbartonshire Council · 28 May 2025
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL Report by Chief Education Officer Committee: Educational Services Committee 28 May 2025 Subject: Education Delivery Plan 2025/26 1 Purpose 1.1 This report sets out the Education Delivery Plan for 2025/26. 2 Recommendations 2.1 It is recommended that Committee notes the new Plan. 3 Background 3.1 In line with the Strategic Planning & Performance Framework, each Chief Officer develops an annual Delivery Plan which sets out actions to help deliver the Strategic Plan and address the performance challenges and service priorities identified in the planning process. The Plan also provides an overview of services and resources, including employees and budgets, sets out the performance indicators (PIs) for monitoring progress and considers the relevant risks. 3.2 In the last few months of 2024/25, several services and teams across the Council were realigned to other Chief Officer areas. Leisure Services is no longer within Education Services and this is reflected in the new Plan. 4 Main Issues 4.1 The new Plan is set out at Appendix 1. 4.2 It outlines the key achievements and challenges over the past year, as well as the priorities for the year ahead. These include: • placing the human rights and needs of every child and young person at the centre of education • improving children and young people’s health and wellbeing • closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people • improving skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people • improving achievement, particularly in literacy and numeracy • developing and implement wellbeing, employee engagement, equality and training plans to enable capabilities, improve resilience and promote a diverse workforce. • developing and implement employee life cycle plans in line with the People First Strategy to attract and retain the workforce. ITEM 10
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• implementing the service review process including role design, use of new technology and new ways of working to add resilience, address gaps, and establish opportunities for efficiencies • developing and implementing training plans and development opportunities to improve capabilities and resilience within the workforce. 4.3 Implementation of the Plan will be monitored by the management team with mid-year and year-end progress reported to Educational Services Committee around March 2026 and September 2026 respectively, based on an academic year. 5 People Implications 5.1 There are no direct people implications arising from this report. 6 Financial & Procurement Implications 6.1 There are no direct financial or procurement implications arising from this report. 7 Risk Analysis 7.1 Failure to deliver on the actions assigned to Education may have a direct impact on the delivery of the Council’s Strategic Plan. It is essential that remedial action is taken to ensure strategic delivery plans achieve the commitments detailed 8 Equalities Impact Assessment 8.1 Screening and impact assessments will be carried out on specific activities as required. 9 Consultation 9.1 The delivery plans were developed through consultation with officers from the strategic service areas. 10 Strategic Assessment 10.1 The delivery plans set out actions to support the successful delivery of the strategic priorities and objectives of the Council. Chief Officer: Laura Mason Service Area: Education Date: 2 May 2025 _____________________________________________________________ Person to Contact: Andrew Brown andrew.brown@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
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Appendices: Appendix 1: Education Delivery Plan 2025/26 Background Papers: Strategic Planning & Performance Framework 2022/27 Wards Affected: All
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