Item 13 Appendix 1
West Dunbartonshire Council · 27 September 2023
Back to Educational Services Committee — 27 September 2023 and its agenda
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1 Appendix 1: Education Delivery Plan Year-end Progress 1. Our communities Objective 1. Our neighbourhoods are safe, resilient and inclusive Performance Indicator 2021/22 2022/23 Owner Value Status Value Target Short Trend Long Trend Note Cases of exclusion per 1,000 school pupils 26 20 40 Provisional WDC data on exclusions during the 2022-23 school session are showing exclusion incidents per 1,000 pupils for that session reduced by 6 from the previous school session to 20. The figure is 20 below the target of 40. Data is published by the Scottish Government biannually and 2022-23 data will not be published until December 2023. Therefore, no comparison can be made with other authorities or with National data until then. Claire Cusick Percentage of school attendance 88.42% 88.41% 88.41% Andrew Brown School Attendance Rates (per 100 pupils) 91.8% 90.4% 91.8% Data for this PI is supplied by Improvement Service and 2022/23 data won't be available till February/March 2024. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Claire Cusick School Attendance Rates for Looked After Children (per 100 Looked After Children) 86.49% 88.2% 90.8 Data for this PI is supplied by Improvement Service and 2022/23 data won't be available till February/March 2024. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Claire Cusick School Exclusion Rates (per 1000 pupils) 30.18 17.89 30 Data for this PI is supplied by Improvement Service and 2022/23 data won't be available till February/March 2024. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Claire Cusick School Exclusion Rates for Looked After Children (per 1000 looked after 161.47 66.85 130 Data for this PI is supplied by Improvement Service and 2022/23 data won't be available Claire Cusick
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2 Performance Indicator 2021/22 2022/23 Owner Value Status Value Target Short Trend Long Trend Note children) till February/March 2024. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Action Status Progress Due Date Note Owner Place the human rights and needs of every child and young person at the centre of education 30-Jun-2023 Sub-actions complete. This action continues into session 2023/24, with work across 22 workstreams planned. Claire Cusick Risk Description Current Assessment Target Assessment Date Reviewed Note Owner Failure to place the human rights and needs of every child and young person at the centre of education This risk concerns the delivery of UNCRC and ensuring these are integral to the planning, experiences and supports we offer children, young people and their families. 20-Jan-2023 Plans in place will ensure we support our staff, children and young people to know what rights are and how they and we can uphold them. Revised EIA will ensure UNCRC consideration is key to change and improvement processes. Claire Cusick Objective 2. Our residents health and wellbeing remains a priority Action Status Progress Due Date Note Owner Improve children and young people's health and wellbeing 28-Jun-2023 Sub-actions complete. This action continues into session 2023/24, with work across 29 workstreams planned. Claire Cusick; Kathy Morrison; Steve Rivers Risk Description Current Assessment Target Assessment Date Reviewed Note Owner Failure to improve children and young people's health and wellbeing This risk concerns our ability to develop curriculum, opportunities and supports in collaboration with key stakeholders which will meet the wellbeing needs of our children, young people and families. 31-May-2023 Progress with sub-actions on track to deliver. Claire Cusick; Kathy Morrison; Steve Rivers Objective 3. Our residents are supported to increase life and learning skills
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3 Performance Indicator 2021/22 2022/23 Owner Value Status Value Target Short Trend Long Trend Note Percentage of children and young people achieving Curriculum for Excellence levels in literacy & numeracy Literacy Numeracy 71% 78% Achieved Achieved 72% 75% 74% 81% The service action plan for Covid recovery and Improvement Framework supported a strong performance. Julie McGrogan % of establishments delivering good or very good high-quality learning & teaching (Outcome of Improvement Framework) 85% Achieved 80% 100% Source of data: Monitoring visits and school evaluations submitted through the National Improvement Framework. Julie McGrogan Percentage of 3 & 4 year old children at ELC achieving the benchmark in literacy (concepts of print) 59.5% Data sourced for session 21/22. This is the first year we have divided the indicator into discrete literacy/numeracy measures. Kathy Morrison; Steve Rivers Percentage of 3 & 4 year old children at ELC achieving the benchmark in numeracy (number and number process) 32.4% Data sourced for session 21/22. This is the first year we have divided the indicator into discrete literacy/numeracy measures. Kathy Morrison; Steve Rivers Percentage of ELC settings meeting the National Standard Criteria of good and above 100% 100% 100% This is an ongoing process related to inspection data and is monitored continuously. All ELCs meet the national standard criteria of good and above. Over half are evaluated as Very Good with a further two evaluated as Excellent. Kathy Morrison; Steve Rivers Percentage of pupils gaining 1 + awards at SCQF level 5 85.9% 84.1% 86% The source of this data is Insight Leavers data so this will not be available until February/March 2024. The most up-to-date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown Percentage of pupils gaining 1 + awards at SCQF level 6 62.2% 59.4% 62.8% The source of this data is Insight Leavers data so this will not be available until February/March 2024. The most up-to-date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown Percentage of pupils gaining 1 + awards at SCQF level 5 85.9% 84.1% 86% The source of this data is Insight Leavers data so this will not be available until February/March 2024. The most up-to-date Andrew Brown
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4 data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Percentage of pupils gaining 1 + awards at SCQF level 6 62.2% 59.4% 62.8% The source of this data is Insight Leavers data so this will not be available until February/March 2024. The most up-to-date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown % of pupils gaining 5 + awards at level 5 61% 65% 65% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown % of pupils gaining 5+ awards at level 6 33% 35% 35% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown % pupils in 20% most deprived areas getting 5+ awards at level 5 45% 52% 52% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown % pupils in 20% most deprived areas getting 5+ awards at level 6 21% 23% 23% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Andrew Brown Overall Average Total Tariff 895 899 899 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Derek McGlynn % of P1, P4 and P7 pupils combined achieving expected CFE Level in Literacy 62% 71.4% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Julie McGrogan % of P1, P4 and P7 pupils combined achieving expected CFE Level in Numeracy 72% 78.18% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for Julie McGrogan
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5 reporting purposes. Literacy Attainment Gap (P1,4,7 Combined) - percentage point gap between the least deprived and most deprived pupils 18% 18.77% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Julie McGrogan Numeracy Attainment Gap (P1,4,7 Combined) - percentage point gap between the least deprived and most deprived pupils 17% 17.63% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Julie McGrogan % of funded Early Years Provision which is graded good or better 87.5% 100% 95% All ELCs currently evaluated at good and above. Achieved for 2022-23 session Kathy Morrison; Steve Rivers Action Status Progress Due Date Note Owner Narrow the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people 30-Jun-2023 Sub-actions complete. This action continues into session 2023/24, with a slight change to the wording – ‘closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people’, with work across 30 workstreams planned. Julie McGrogan Improve attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy 30-Jun-2023 Sub-actions complete. This action continues into session 2023/24, with work across 16 workstreams planned. Julie McGrogan Risk Description Current Assessment Target Assessment Date Reviewed Note Owner Failure to narrow the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people This risk concerns the delivery of the key areas within the Scottish Government Strategic Equity Fund. This risk concerns the delivery of approaches to address the equalities gap and those with protected characteristics. This risk concerns the delivery of approaches to address the poverty related equity gap in all sectors. This risk concerns our ability to work successfully to collaboratively plan with a range of partners for successful delivery. 31-May-2023 Robust monitoring and planning at individual school and authority levels is ensuring a well-planned and targeted focus on those most at risk. Claire Cusick
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6 Risk Description Current Assessment Target Assessment Date Reviewed Note Owner Failure to improve attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy This risk concerns the successful implementation of the four dimensions of the revised West Dunbartonshire Improvement Framework; 1. Collaborative Improvement 2. Enhanced Support 3. Enhanced Scrutiny and Support 4. Leadership Development. This risk concerns our ability to develop of the literacy and numeracy curriculum, opportunities and supports in collaboration with key stakeholders which will meet the needs of our children, young people and families. 28-Jun-2023 Our attainment in 2022/23 showed improved performance against our local and national targets for attainment. Robust recovery plan and improvement framework in place, providing attainment reviews, improvement visits and leadership development. Julie McGrogan Challenges in implementing broad- ranging school improvement to raise attainment and achievement This risk concerns the delivery of excellence and equity for our young people to support them to attain and achieve at the highest level. In particular, it is aimed at bridging the attainment gap and breaking the cycle of disadvantage. This also includes the focus on intervention at early years to improve life chances at all points on the learning journey. A key national and local priority is to accelerate progress with the aspirations to deliver improved attainment, tackle the poverty related attainment gap and recover from any negative impact of the pandemic. Scottish Equity funding devolved to local authorities aims to deliver on priorities between 2023-26. 28-Jun-2023 The key risk to ongoing progress is Scottish Government's plan for a tapered Scottish Attainment Challenge funding model between 2022 and 2026. The service has maintained a strong record of progress with young people in quintile 1 attaining in the broad general education above the national average; and in 2022 an increase was achieved in the number of young people finding a positive destination moving WDC to 20th position out of the 32 local authorities. Julie McGrogan 3. Our Economy Objective 8. Our residents are supported to access employment and training opportunities Performance Indicator 2020/21 2021/22 Owner Value Status Value Target Short Trend Long Trend Note Percentage of young people entering a positive destination 90.99% 95.11% 91% Andrew Brown
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7 Performance Indicator 2020/21 2021/22 Owner Value Status Value Target Short Trend Long Trend Note Participation Rate for 16-19 year olds (per 100) 90.1% 93.0% 91.0% 2022/23 data for LGBF indicators will not be available until 2024 following publication by the Improvement Service. The most up-to- date data we hold has been included for reporting purposes. Susie Byrne Action Status Progress Due Date Note Owner Improve skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people 30-Jun-2023 Sub-actions complete. This action continues into session 2023/24, with work across 11 workstreams planned. Andrew Brown; Julie McGrogan Risk Description Current Assessment Target Assessment Date Reviewed Note Owner Failure to improve skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people This risk concerns the ability to expand course provision and revised learner pathways in the Senior Phase leading including for those young people with Additional Support Needs. This risk concerns our ability to work successfully to collaboratively plan with a range of partners for successful delivery. This risk concerns the development of a skills based approach to the curriculum within the BGE and Senior Phase. 28-Jun-2023 WDInspire programme underway to target those at risk of entering a negative destination. Partner programme developed for Senior Phase offer, with inclusion of a number of new courses, and one new partner with NHS Scotland Youth Academy. Andrew Brown; Julie McGrogan 4. Our Council Objective 10. Our workforce is resilient and skilled where digital technology supports service delivery for our residents Action Status Progress Due Date Note Owner Develop and implement training plans and development opportunities to improve capabilities and resilience within the workforce. 31-May-2023 Sub-actions complete. This action continues into session 2023/24, with work across 2 workstreams planned. Louise Hastings Action Status Cancelled
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8 Overdue; Neglected Unassigned; Check Progress Not Started; In Progress; Assigned Completed PI Status Alert Warning OK Unknown Data Only Long Term Trends Improving No Change Getting Worse Short Term Trends Improving No Change Getting Worse Risk Status Alert High Risk Warning OK Unknown