Item 13 - Education Delivery Plan 2025-26 - Year-end Progress
West Dunbartonshire Council · 16 September 2026
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Official WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL Report by Chief Education Officer Committee: Educational Services Committee 16 September 2026 Subject: Education Delivery Plan 2025/26 - Year-end Progress 1 Purpose 1.1 This report sets out the year-end progress of the 2025/26 Delivery Plan. 2 Recommendations 2.1 It is recommended that Committee notes the progress achieved at year-end. 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 The 2025/26 Delivery Plan was presented to Educational Services Committee on 28 May 2025 with a commitment to report mid-year and year-end progress around March 2026 and September 2026 respectively, based on an academic year. Mid-year progress was reported on 18 March 2026. 4 Main Issues 4.1 Full details of year-end progress are set out in Appendix 1. 4.2 The progress of the Plan’s 9 actions is summarised below: Progress No. (%) Completed 7 (78%) Overdue 2 (22%) 4.3 Of the original 33 PIs in the Delivery Plan, five are no longer collected and have been removed. Further details are provided in Appendix 1. ITEM 13
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Official 4.4 Due to the time lag associated with many Education PIs, 2025/26 year-end data is available for only 6 of the remaining 28 PIs. The performance of those PIs is summarised below, together with the performance of all 28 PIs in 2024/25: Performance Against Target 2024/25 2025/26 No. (%) No. (%) Target met or exceeded 19 (68%) 3 (50%) Target narrowly missed 9 (32%) 2 (33%) Target significantly missed 0 (0%) 1 (17%) Total 28 (100%) 6 (100%) Performance Over Time No. (%) No. (%) Improved over short term (or maintained high level of performance) 13 of 26* (50%) 3 (50%) Improved over longer term (or maintained high level of performance) 17 (61%) 3 (50%) * As two of the 28 PIs in 2024/25 are measured every two years, the short term trend is not relevant to them and the base is therefore 26. 4.5 The full set of PIs will be reported through the Council’s annual performance reporting process once all data becomes available. 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.
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Official 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. Gillian Hamilton Chief Education Officer 21 August 2026 _____________________________________________________________ Person to Contact: Julie McGrogan Julie.McGrogan@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Appendices: Appendix 1: Education Delivery Plan 2025/26 - Year-end Progress Background Papers: Education Delivery Plan 2025/26 - Educational Services Committee, 28 May 2025 Education Delivery Plan 2025/26 Mid-year Progress - Educational Services Committee, 18 March 2026 Strategic Planning & Performance Framework 2022/27 Wards Affected: All
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