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Standards and Quality Report Session 2006/2007

Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning (ECLL) is committed to achieving the Council’s vision of an education system in South Ayrshire that is of the highest quality. Our ambition is to maintain and develop services which place individuals at the centre of their own growth and learning, giving them access to positive learning environments and in the case of pupils, a curriculum that provides them with opportunities to develop their knowledge, skills, ambition, confidence and self esteem.

The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc Act 2000 places a duty on local authorities to secure improvement in the quality of education provided. The National Priorities in Education are the foundation of the pursuit of excellence in every school in Scotland. Local authorities are required to show how each of the National Priorities will be implemented at a local level in the form of local improvement objectives. Although improvement objectives are set on an annual basis, last session, we moved to identifying a set of improvement objectives that reflect the work of Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning and will be capable, through our annual cycle of service planning and target setting, of extending beyond a single calendar year.

The local improvement objectives for Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning, covering the period 2006/07, comprise:

raising levels of attainment and achievement;
ensuring that all learners are effectively supported to achieve their full potential;
engaging all learners in high quality learning experiences and providing an appropriate range of learning opportunities that are matched to individual need;
developing a culture of achievement and ambition which values and empowers staff and learners;
fostering and developing high quality leadership at all levels;
promoting respect and active citizenship;
developing partnerships and services which improve learning and well-being;
developing and improving learning environments; and,
maintaining and developing a highly skilled, motivated and professional workforce.

This report celebrates many of the achievements made during a very significant year in which we identified the challenges and new ways of working necessary to achieve our ambition for all learners.

We are confident that we have made significant progress towards meeting these objectives and believe that by continuing to develop strong partnership working arrangements, we will improve the quality and effectiveness of delivery of a comprehensive range of well integrated services for children, young people and adult learners.

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Standards and Quality Report Session 2006/2007