Raising standards
3HF1Annual report: education authority
1
As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the period to which a plan published under section 3F(1) relates, each education authority must prepare and publish a report setting out for that period—
a
the steps the authority has taken with a view to reducing inequalities of outcome for pupils of a type mentioned in section 3A(2),
b
the steps the authority has taken to comply with the duties imposed on it by section 3B(3),
c
any steps the authority has taken in pursuance of the National Improvement Framework, and
d
any educational benefits for pupils that the authority considers result from taking those steps.
2
A report under subsection (1) may also include information on steps taken, with a view to reducing inequalities of outcome for pupils of a type mentioned in section 3A(2), by a person other than the education authority which were included in the children's services plan for the authority's area.
3
In subsection (2), “ children's services plan ” has the meaning given by section 8(2) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
4
As soon as reasonably practicable after publishing a report, an education authority must give a copy of it to the Scottish Ministers.