26 November 2024

There will be a Meeting of the Committee in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Tuesday, 26 November 2024 at 10.00am.

Date Published:  4 November 2024

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:

Items 18 and 19 - 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 14 – Paragraphs 6, 8 & 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 24 September 2024
2. Minute of Local Negotiating Committee: Teaching Staff Meeting of 19 November 2024
3. Declaration of Interest

Performance Management

4. Outcome Delivery Report

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

Sport

5. Support for Local Club Sport Groups
   Appendix 1
   Appendix 2

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

Educational Provision

6. Children’s Parliament Call to Action

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

7. National Improvement Framework: Annual Report, Plan and Stretch Aims
   Appendix 1 
   Appendix 2

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

8. Building Racial Literacy and Awareness of Anti-Racism

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

9. The Nicolson Institute – Further Inspection
   Appendix

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

10. Sgoil Ùige – Inspection Report
    Appendix

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

11. Home to School Transport 
    Appendix

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

12. Comhairle Playpark Renewal Programme Update

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

13. Stornoway Primary Sports Development Update 
    Appendix 1
    Appendix 2
    Appendix 3

(Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)

14. Barra and Vatersay Community Campus Update

(Report by Chief Executive)

Children's Services

15. Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2023-2026
    Appendix

(Report by Chief Social Work Officer)

16. Western Isles Housing Support Service 
    Appendix

(Report by Chief Officer, Children’s Services /Chief Social Work Officer)

17. Chief Social Worker Annual Report 2023/24
    Appendix

(Report by Chief Officer, Children’s Services /Chief Social Work Officer)

18. Residential Placements for Children and Young People

(Report by Chief Officer, Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer)

19. Fostering and Adoption Inspection Update

(Report by Chief Officer, Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer)

Performance Monitoring

20. Reports Outstanding

(Report by Chief Executive)

NOTE:  The next scheduled meeting of the Committee will be on Tuesday, 4 February 2025 at 10.00am

Minute of meeting will be published when available.