St Peter’s RC School Class Sizes

The motion

That the Parliament is concerned that the new Labour-led administration on Aberdeen City Council has voted to increase class sizes in P1 and P1/2 from 18 to 25 at St Peter’s Roman Catholic School; considers the policy of the previous SNP/Liberal Democrat administration to cap class sizes at 18 in areas of deprivation to have been a socially progressive one aimed at tackling the attainment gap that exists among schools in Aberdeen; understands that St Peter’s will now be the only school serving a deprived community to have this cap removed; understands that the council could have maintained class sizes of 18 at St Peter's by investing £50,000 in a temporary accommodation block as voted for by SNP councillors and considers this a modest investment that would have had a significant educational benefit in a school with a high proportion of English as additional language pupils; believes that this move by the Labour-led administration only weeks after the award of a 5% pay rise demonstrates that it lacks political judgement and is a failure in its duty to provide first class education to the children of St Peter's, and calls on the administration to reverse what it sees as this socially regressive decision as a matter of urgency.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

1. S4M-03249.1
   St Peter’s RC School Class Sizes

   Lewis Macdonald Lab Lodged 8 Jun 2012
   No recorded vote

SNP 22

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-03249 by reference.