Councillor Leeann McWhinnie

Tackling Poverty & Inequalities – Annual Report 2024/25

From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 10.15 am - August 28, 2025

...to acknowledge and support the progress made in tackling poverty and inequalities, provide comments to the Communities Committee to inform the final Aberdeenshire Local Child Poverty Action Report, identify any specific concerns for the Tackling Poverty and Inequalities Strategic Partnership to consider in future plans, distribute a list of new childminder locations to committee members, and investigate adding helpful information and signposting to the Council website.

Agreed

Attendance and Absence in Aberdeenshire Schools 2023-24

From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 10.15 am - August 28, 2025

...to consider and comment on the report providing an annual update on attendance and absence rates in Aberdeenshire schools for 2023-24, with comparisons to previous years and national rates.

Public Sector Equality Duty

From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 10.15 am - August 28, 2025

Agreed

Child Protection Committee Biennial Report 2022-2024

From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 10.15 am - August 28, 2025

...the Committee considered and commented on the Child Protection Committee Biennial Report 2022-2024 and acknowledged the significant contribution made by the CPC to improving outcomes for children and young people at risk of harm or who have experienced harm.

Children & Young People's Services Plan Annual Report 2024-25

From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 10.15 am - August 28, 2025

... the committee agreed to note and comment on the Children and Young People's Services Plan Annual Report 2024-25 and directed officers to investigate and implement improvements to the accessibility of reports.

Agreed