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An Aberdeen school and nursery class have received a very good report following a recent inspection by Education Scotland.

On visiting Kingswells Primary School and Nursery Class, in the week beginning 13 March 2023 the inspectors assessed the following key areas:

Leadership of…

Aberdeen City Council is to use money raised from the 2022/23 Bus Lane Enforcement surplus to pay for the cost of providing free school transport to eligible pupils attending the Gaelic provision schools, for the 2023/24 academic year.

 

At the Education and Children’s…

Aberdeen City Council is to carry out a statutory public consultation on the establishment of a new primary school and catchment area to serve new housing developments in the Bucksburn/Newhills areas of the city. 

 

Members of Education and Children’s Services Committee…

The majority of works on the major road improvement project which will help to facilitate quicker bus journey times through the city centre as part of the City Centre Masterplan will be completed tomorrow.

People in Aberdeen turned out to show their support for the city’s Armed Forces Day parade on Saturday 01 July.

The parade, which began at 11am at Albyn Place saw more than 1,000 serving,…

Aberdeen and the North East is to be supported by up to £80 million in targeted investment, tax reliefs and other incentives over five years – after becoming one of Scotland’s first two Investment Zones.

The other area selected by the Scottish…

Councillors were this week updated on the positive effects Aberdeen City Council’s innovative Mental Health Action Plan is having on staff requiring support.

The…

 

Councillors were this week updated on the authority’s work to support Aberdeen’s young people into employment with the Council.

The Staff Governance Committee heard about progress…

Aberdeen City Council has launched a landmark public consultation that will help shape the 2024/25 Budget and future spending plans. 

The feedback will be shared with all Elected Members to help them decide how to allocate funds for running…

A new approach to the allocation of council housing in Aberdeen that allows residents to make informed decisions on where they live has been introduced.  

Choice Based Lettings (CBL) allows applicants to see all available properties from Aberdeen City Council and bid for those that…

A clear commitment by Aberdeen City Council and NHS Grampian to continue to work together to tackle child poverty has been set out in a detailed report, which was approved by members of the Community Planning Aberdeen committee yesterday (Wednesday 28 June 2023).…

A timeline to refresh Aberdeen’s Local Outcome Improvement Plan 2016-26 and three Locality Plans for North, South and Central to ensure they remain relevant and focussed on priority outcomes, was approved by the Community Planning Aberdeen Board today (Wednesday 28…