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The Committee
resolved:-

(i)            
to note the outcomes of officers’ recent
discussions with colleagues at Aberdeenshire Council, relating to
proposals for making changes to school catchment areas for Dyce
Academy and Dyce School;

(ii)           
to note that the catchment area changes for Dyce
Academy were proposed to re-balance pupil numbers between Bucksburn
Academy and Dyce  Academy, due to the
current and predicted over-capacity issues at Bucksburn;

(iii)         
to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate
Landlord to review the catchment areas for Bucksburn Academy, Dyce
Academy and all primary schools within the Bucksburn and Dyce
Associated Schools Groups (ASGs), in order to achieve the
re-balancing of numbers between the two academies and in light of
the proposed alignment of the Dyce Academy and Dyce School
catchment areas to the City boundary;

(iv)         
to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate
Landlord to provide a holistic report to Committee with details of
all proposed catchment area changes and recommended dates for
statutory public consultation, as part of the annual School Estate
Plan update report in September 2026; and

(v)          
to instruct the Chief Officer – Education
& Lifelong Learning to write to the parents of Dyce Academy,
Bucksburn Academy and associated primary schools with an update on
progress to date.