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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
What should the goal be, then?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
I will bring in Becky Francis at this point.
09:45Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Kaukab Stewart has a quick supplementary question, after which I will bring in Willie Rennie.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Last but not least, we come to Fergus Ewing.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
That brings us to the end of this part of our meeting. On behalf of the committee, I thank Professor Ainscow, Professor Francis, Dr Robertson and Emma Congreve for the valuable evidence that they have given us this morning.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
You said that something is stopping local authorities from doing that, but I did not quite catch what you said. What is stopping other local authorities from implementing such initiatives that have a proven track record?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
Yes—I was going to ask you to come on to structure. You talk about
“rigid local authority ‘line management’”.
Are you saying that we should kind of rid ourselves of all the guidance, other than the strategic objectives, and just let the practitioners get on with it?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
We are having a problem with the sound in the committee room. We cannot hear what anyone is saying.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
Meeting date: 9 February 2022
Stephen Kerr
We can. That is excellent.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Drink and Needle Spiking
Meeting date: 26 January 2022
Stephen Kerr
So, in answer to Stephanie Callaghan’s point, there are vehicles by which the discussion is carried forward, beyond those more public ones.
