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SECTION 7
Local Partnership Arrangements
Delivery of School/College Partnership
Locally
7.1 One of the main findings from the
research the Executive undertook into existing local
delivery arrangements
27 was that there is a need for
greater consistency in the management of school/college
partnership. A stronger role in forward planning by
education authorities was also identified.
7.2 Local school/college partnership
strategies will be developed within the overall framework
of Community Planning to cover all secondary and special
schools in each local authority area and appropriate
colleges. This means that colleges like local authorities
should be involved at the strategic as well as operational
levels of Community Planning. Community Planning
Partnerships provide the local mechanism for co-ordinating
the work of local authorities and colleges to ensure that
the risks of unnecessary duplication of facilities are
minimised.
7.3 Given that education authorities are
responsible for the whole package of school pupils'
learning and welfare (which gives them an overview of
pupils' educational needs), and Community Planning is
facilitated by local authorities, local authorities will
take the lead in preparing local strategies.
A partnership approach needs to be taken with
colleges to meet the challenge of delivering locally
relevant learning opportunities and matching pupil needs
and aspirations with the available provision of courses by
colleges (whether inside or outside the area boundaries of
the local authority).
7.4 A key issue for local dialogue is to
facilitate the effective delivery of partnership activity.
Local strategies should consider how best to co-ordinate
school and college timetables taking into account
travelling time. Other key matters for local
decision-making are to:
- identify clearly the respective
responsibilities of each of the partners;
- establish a timetable for the management of
partnership activity; and
- consider how best to present college options to
pupils.
7.5 Local authorities and colleges will by
2007 review all local school/college partnership activities
to ensure that they match the framework for the 3-18
curriculum for pupils set out in
A Curriculum for Excellence.
7.6 Scottish Executive
Determined to Succeed advisers, through
their support role to local authority
Determined to Succeed teams, will help
inform and disseminate information on relevant
school/college partnership activities.
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