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Schools
Education Aims
It is the intention of the department that the aims for the service will be delivered
within an open and rigorous climate of continuous improvement.
- Improve Attainment & Achievement by Promoting Effective Learning and
Teaching
- Raise standards of educational attainment in our schools
- Maximise achievement for all learners
- Develop an integrated programme for ICT to support learning
- Establish an effective measuring, monitoring and evaluation performance system
- Provide access to high quality specialist services to support learning and teaching
- Secure Best Value Consistent with High Quality Educational Provision
- Improve the fabric of and access to our buildings to meet the needs of lifelong
learning
- Develop all personnel to reflect the changing needs of the service
- Provide modern equipment and resources to address the needs of all learners
- Strategically deploy resources to secure best value for the service
- Embed rigorous quality assurance and quality management systems across the service
- Build Community Capacity and Advance Active Citizenship
- Form partnerships to facilitate and support learning
- Strengthen links among families, school and the community
- Support the development of skills and confidence in community activists and organisations
- Promote broad-based participation in community affairs
- Ensure Lifelong Learning is Inclusive and Promotes Equality and Fairness
- Develop equality of opportunity for all learners
- Create an ethos of support for learning for every individual
- Provide a full range of learning opportunities
- Encourage individual personal development
- Promote the Development of Cultural Activities
- Develop positive links with Arts' organisations throughout South Ayrshire in order
to maximise the impact of cultural activities in the area
- Increase access to and encourage participation in cultural activity
- Enrich learning through the experience of cultural activities
- Widen opportunities for participation in cultural activities in local communities
and among disadvantaged groups
- Develop a strategic approach to the delivery of cultural services which takes account
of the National Cultural Strategy and local priorities