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(i)            
to note that Victorian schools hac been assessed for wheelchair
accessibility;

(ii)           
to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to ensure
that any future reviews of school buildings, including the planned
ASG based asset reviews,  include an
assessment of accessibility, which gives consideration to all
disabilities, in line with the Scottish Government’s guidance
on “Planning improvements for disabled pupils' access to
education: guidance for education authorities, independent and
grant-aided schools”;

(iii)         
to note the updates to the Action Plan which were
provided at Appendix A of the report;

(iv)         
to instruct the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord
to carry out an options appraisal to determine any required interim
arrangements for establishing the proposed new school at
Bucksburn/Newhills, and to include the cost implications of any
such arrangements in the budget setting process for 2026/27, with a
view to the arrangements being included within the proposals for
the forthcoming statutory public consultation on the new
school;

(v)          
to instruct the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord
to undertake a feasibility study to investigate options for the
establishment of a new primary school to serve Grandhome, including
any required interim arrangements, and to report the findings of
the feasibility study in an Outline Business Case, in line with the
timescales outlined in the Long Term Programme at Appendix B of the
report;

(vi)         
to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate
Landlord to further develop proposals and timescales for future ASG
based asset reviews, and to build these in to future updates of the
School Estate Plan;

(vii)        
to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate
Landlord to engage with the people of Aberdeen on the possibility
of establishing a Catholic secondary school in the city;
and

(viii)      
as per 4.2 of
the report to Committee on 21 November 2023, the S75 agreement for
Countesswells did not allow for the Council to use the Secondary
School Contribution for a school on a different site, and to
instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate
Landlord  to bring forward a report to
the next Committee on the losses from developers’
contributions collected, uncollected and no longer applicable by
the decision not to proceed with a secondary school at
Countesswells. 
 
In terms of Standing
Order 34.1, the Convener referred the matter to Full Council for a
decision, and was supported in this regard by the Vice Convener;
and Councillors Allard, Buchanan, Clark, Fairfull, Hutchison and
MacGregor.