17 June 2025

Agenda for the meeting on 17/06/25 at 10:30.

Education, Sport And Children's Services - 17 June 2025

Notice of Meeting

There will be a Meeting of the Committee in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 10.30am.

Published date: 10/06/25

Agenda

*It is recommended that, under the terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public, including the press, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following Items on the grounds that exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act would be disclosed:

Item 14 Paragraph 5 – Information relating to the adoption, care, fostering or education of any particular child or relating to the supervision or residence of any particular child in accordance with a supervision requirement made in respect of that child under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Item 15 Paragraph 6, 8 and 9 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the Comhairle), the amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the Comhairle under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services and any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the Comhairle in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services.

Minutes

  1. Minute of Meeting of 29 April 2025
  2. Declaration of Interest

Performance Monitoring

  1. Outcome Delivery Report
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  2. Local Government Benchmarking Framework (LGBF) 2023-24
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services

Educational Provisioning

  1. Report by HM Inspectors of Education: Sgoil Uige and Sgoil Àraich Uige – June 2023
    Appendix
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  2. Education Provision: Review of Mothballed School Provisions 2025/26
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  3. School Engagement Officer
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services

Children's Services

  1. Additional Support Needs Transport
    Appendix 1 
    Appendix 2
    Appendix 3
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services

Community Learning and Development

  1. Volunteer Centre Western Isles
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  2. Adult Learning Annual Report
    Appendix 1
    Appendix 2
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services

Libraries

  1. Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar Strategy 2025-27
    Appendix 1
    Appendix 2
    Appendix 3
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services

Local Negotiating Committee: Teaching Staff

  1. Minute of Meeting of 12 June 2025

Performance Management

  1. Reports Outstanding
    Report by Chief Executive

Private Items

  1. Residential Placements for Children and Young People
    Report by Chief Officer, Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer
  2. Barra and Vatersay Community Campus Update
    Report by Chief Executive and Project Manager

NOTE:  The next scheduled meeting of the Committee will be on Tuesday 23 September 2025.

Minute of Meeting

Minute will be published when it's available.