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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
That is very useful to hear. I will let Michael Marra continue his main line of questioning and then I will bring in Kaukab Stewart—I saw her expression during some of that exchange.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
So there are ideas, but there is no delivery on the ground.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Becky Francis, do you want to come back in?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
That is the perfect segue to questions from Stephanie Callaghan.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
One of the—
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
What is the barrier? Is it that there is too much national or, indeed, too much local authority control and micromanagement? Are you saying that we should put more trust in and delegate more authority to headteachers? Is it school leadership that we are actually talking about here?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
If I may say, you have started us off really well with some trenchant views. I really appreciate that, as it will get us going.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Who do you want that question to go to?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Do you have a view on Mel Ainscow’s comments about the structures and what is described in the University of Glasgow’s submission as “rigid … ‘line management’” from the centre and at local authority level? Do you have anything that you can contribute to that discussion? Is that statement true?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Yes, we can hear you now.
