Report on independant review of CLD published

On 17 July 2024, Mr Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Further and Higher Education and Veterans announced that a report on improving Community Learning and Development had been published.

There are 15 references to the CLD Standards Council in the report with clear recognition that : “The CLD Standards Council, given the limited resources supporting its work, does a good job in raising standards across CLD, raising its profile and supporting those working in the sector”.
There is an ask for an enhanced role for the CLD Standards Council and a recommendation that “The CLD Standards Council should be supported to transition towards an independent status more akin to the General Teaching Council Scotland.”.

In total, the CLD Standards Council made 14 separate submissions from the individual engagements, one of which was a final full response, which you can access below, and all of the submissions are on i-develop for members to access.

View the report .