Education, Children and Families Committee - Tuesday 20 January 2026, 10:00am - City of Edinburgh Council Webcasts

Planned

1. 1. Order of Business
2. 1 a) Including any notices of motion and any other items of business submitted as urgent for consideration at the meeting
3. 1 b) Committee members to indicate any “Items for Scrutiny” at section 8 that they wish to be subject to scrutiny and discussion
4. 2. Declaration of Interests
5. 2 a) Declaration of Interests
6. 3. Deputations
7. 3 a) Deputations
8. 4. Minutes
9. 4 a) Minutes
10. 4 b) Minutes
11. 5. Forward Planning
12. 5 a) Work Programme
13. 5 b) Rolling Actions Log
14. 6. Business Bulletin
15. 6 a) Business Bulletin
16. 7. Items for Decision
17. 7 a) Early Years – Meal Payments and Partnership Arrangements
18. 7 b) Community Mental Health Framework
19. 7 c) Inspection of the leadership of children's social work services in the City of Edinburgh Council
20. 7 d) Children’s Services Improvement Plan
21. 7 e) Edinburgh Child Protection Committee - Annual Report 2024-25
22. 7 f) Chief Social Work Officer Report 2024/25
23. 7 g) Performance, Quality and Audit in Social Work for Children
24. 7 h) Blackhall Primary School Playground Options
25. 8. Items for Scrutiny
26. 8 a) Assisted School Transport when Catchment Boundaries are Changed - response to motion by Councillor Lang
27. 8 b) Admissions in Mainstream Schools Policy: IIA including response to the Motion from Cllr Hyslop and P1 Class Sizes
28. 8 c) Mobile Phones in Schools Update
29. 8 d) Adoption Allowances
30. 8 e) Review of Governance - Organisational Review - Decision Making
31. 8 f) Commissioning and Contract Management Update
32. 8 g) Revenue Monitoring 2025/26 - month seven report
33. 8 h) Budget Strategy and Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2025/30 – progress update - referral from the Finance and Resources Committee
34. 9. Motions
35. 9 a) Motions