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Meeting Summary
Education, Children and Families Committee
3 Mar 2026 - 14:00 to 16:00
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Documents

Agenda

Date
Published Date
20 February 2026
Agenda Items
1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Operational
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) advising of the outcome of the recent selection processes undertaken to fill vacancies for a Teacher Representative and a Third Religious Representative on the Committee.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement) providing an update of the Town and Community Hub Delivery Programme..
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - North) providing an update on NLC Admission Policy, the placing request process, its legal basis, practical procedures and current challenges and outlining the appeals process for both placing requests and exclusions.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - South) outlining the future provision for  Additional Support Needs following the five year transformation programme in 2019. 
Performance
6 pdf Performance Update (704Kb)
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - North) and the Chief Officer (Education- South) outlining key strategies implemented to further support the QI framework and facilitate improvement across NL’s educational establishments.
Submit report by the Chief Social Work Officer (Children, Families, Justice and Integrated Practice) providing an overview of the outcomes relating to  the Community Payback Scheme.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Children, Families, Justice and Integrated Practice) providing information on current arrangements for the payment of fostering allowances and fostering fees and seeks approval for changes to the fostering fee structure.
Financial
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - North) providing a summary of the financial performance of the Education and Families Service for the period 1 April 2025 to 2 January 2026 (Period 10).
Contracts
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - North) seeking approval to award a Flexible Framework Agreement for Vocational & Skills Based Interventions
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - North) and Chief Officer (Community Operations) seeking approval to award a Framework Agreement for Ad-Hoc Minibus and Coach Hire
Submit report by Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement) advising of contracts awarded since the last meeting of the Committee.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
Margaret Clarkson  
Andrew Duffy-Lawson  
Kirsten Larson Gary Robinson
Peter McDade Pat Patton
Nathan Wilson  
Absent
NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By
Cameron McManus  

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
Andrew Bustard10Close family relative works for the organisationsPersonal and Non-Financialleave the meeting.

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