COUNCILLORS have backed a formal complaint to Scotland’s schools watchdog following its damning report of education in Argyll and Bute.
After its inspection in September, Education Scotland (ES) graded Argyll and Bute ‘weak’ – second from the bottom in a six-point scale – in four ‘quality indicators’: ‘leadership and direction’, ‘leadership of change and improvement’, ‘improvement in performance’, and ‘delivering and improving the quality of services’.
The report, entitled Strategic Inspection of the Education Functions of Local Authorities, also marked it ‘satisfactory’ in a fifth, ‘impact on children, young people, adult learners and families’. However, Argyll and Bute Council evaluated itself ‘satisfactory’ in all five.