Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Councillors urged to approve offsite education centre plan for Dundee

Dundee City Council education convener Stewart Hunter.
Dundee City Council education convener Stewart Hunter.

The future of Dundee’s offsite education service (OES) for secondary pupils with social, emotional and behavioural needs will be decided next week.

The SNP administration hopes to secure backing for a restructuring that would see the learning centres at Castlepark, Connect 5 and Balerno close their doors.

Bringing together their services at the upgraded former Rockwell Primary building from the start of the new school year in August would see the council save £497,000 a year.

The new centre would focus upon young people in S3 and S4, with an emphasis on maintaining S1 and S2 pupils in their mainstream schools.

The proposals have proved somewhat controversial, given the high quality of facilities and support that the three existing centres offer.

Nonetheless, it is expected to be given the go-ahead following a formal consultation and a supportive report from Education Scotland.

It concluded that the move would offer clear educational benefits for the city’s young people.

Convener of the children and families service committee, Councillor Stewart Hunter, has pledged that the changes will be handled “sensitively”

He said: “I believe it is now the time to bring in positive changes for the young people supported by these services.

“Through the work we are carrying out to close the attainment gap in Dundee, we want to ensure that all pupils at our schools have the chance to make the most of opportunities that will benefit them when they leave school.”

The committee meets on Monday when members will be asked to approve the proposals.