Chamber and committees

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Meeting Agenda

29th Meeting, 2023

Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Session: 6
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Start time: 09:30am
Published: Friday, November 10, 2023 01:08pm

1 Education Reform

The Committee will take evidence from—

Witnesses

Peter Bain, Executive Head Teacher, Oban High School, Tiree High School, Tiree Primary School and Lismore Primary School and President-elect, School Leaders Scotland

Greg Dempster, General Secretary, Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland

Barry Graham, Head Teacher, Wallace Hall Academy, Dumfries and Galloway

Graham Hutton, General Secretary, School Leaders Scotland and former Head Teacher, Grove Academy, Dundee

Pauline Walker, Head Teacher, Royal High School, Edinburgh

Paper 1 – Cover Note for evidence session, SPICe Briefing and submissions posted 10/11/2023 (Ref: ECYP/S6/23/29/1, 4MB, pdf)

ECYP/S6/23/29/2(P) (Private Paper)

2 Report by James Withers on the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape

The Committee will take evidence from James Withers.

Paper 3 – Cover Note for session with James Withers, SPICe Briefing, Universities Scotland submission posted 10/11/2023 (Ref: ECYP/S6/23/29/3, 337KB, pdf)

ECYP/S6/23/29/4(P) (Private Paper)

3 Evidence Session (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 1 and 2.

4 Work programme (Private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

ECYP/S6/23/29/5(P) (Private Paper)