FOI Request - Buckie ASG Review and School Building Maintenance / Expansion Expenditure in Moray
Request 101003789719
Buckie ASG Review and School Building Maintenance / Expansion Expenditure in Moray
1. Buckie ASG Review – Consultation Outcomes and Collated Information.
i. Details of the working group consultation involving Parent Support Groups (PSGs) and other community bodies as part of the Buckie ASG review, including:
o The dates and format of these consultations (e.g., meetings, surveys, workshops).
o A summary of feedback received from PSGs and community bodies.
o Any reports, minutes, or documents summarizing the outcomes of these consultations.
ii. Any collated information related to the Buckie ASG review since its initiation in June 2023, including but not limited to:
o Responses from the February 2024 online survey specific to the Buckie ASG.
o Internal or external reports, analyses, or recommendations produced as part of the review process.
o Documents outlining proposed options for the future of education provision in the Buckie ASG.
iii. If no collation of this information exists, please confirm whether such data is being processed or held in any form, and when it might be available.
2. Building Maintenance and Expansion Expenditure in the Buckie ASG
i.) A detailed breakdown of all money spent on building maintenance (e.g., repairs, upkeep of facilities) and building expansion (e.g., new constructions, extensions, renovations) for each individual school within the Buckie ASG since June 2023.
ii) Please provide this expenditure data broken down by school, category (maintenance vs. expansion), and financial year (2023/24 and 2024/25 to date).
3. Building Maintenance and Expansion Expenditure Across All Moray Schools
i) A detailed breakdown of all money spent on building maintenance and building expansion for each individual school in Moray (including those within and outside the Buckie ASG) since June 2023.
ii) Please provide this data broken down by school, category (maintenance vs. expansion), and financial year (2023/24 and 2024/25 to date).
If any of the requested information is not held in the exact format specified, please provide the closest available data or confirm its absence.
Response 16-06-2025
1. i)
• The dates and format of these consultations (e.g., meetings, surveys, workshops):
| Engagement | Event | Completed Date |
| 1 | Elected Member Briefing – Meeting – Moray Council HQ | 8 February 2024 |
| 2 | Head Teachers Briefing – Online Meeting | 15 February 2024 |
| 3 | Online Survey Live | 15 April - 8 March 2024 |
| 4 | Primary Pupil Survey - Emailed | 15 February -19 April 2024 |
| 5 | Parent Councils and Community Organisations – Meeting – Buckie High School | 22 Febrayr |
| 6 | Public Drop In Fishermans Hall Buckie Cullen Library |
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| 7 | Buckie Focus Group Workshop – Millbank Primary School | |
| 8 | Buckie ASG Head Teachers Workshop – Cullen Primary School |
Information Brief (Buckie ASG – SLE – Brief) attached - shared at each event and it and sections of it shared online
Infographics supporting ALL events are attached (Buckie ASG – SLE – Moray Stats)
Poster advertising drop in session and access to survey attached (Buckie ASG Community Drop In A4 Poster)
• A summary of feedback received from PSGs and community bodies:
Attached is brief (Buckie ASG – SLE – PC Communities) provided at meeting on 22 Feb 2024 – the Q&A session clarified points within the brief.
• Any reports, minutes, or documents summarizing the outcomes of these consultations:
Not held - no further information is held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
Please note that the events were an initial engagement and not a consultation. Please note that the Learning Estate team will be reviewing data and information related to the Learning Estate Review (which has not yet been completed) and will issue a full report towards the end of this year.
• Responses from the February 2024 online survey specific to the Buckie ASG:
Please see Online Survey Data here.
• Internal or external reports, analyses, or recommendations produced as part of the review process.
No further information is held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
Please note that the Moray Council Learning Estate Review has not completed and will not do so until the end of 2025.
• Documents outlining proposed options for the future of education provision in the Buckie ASG.
Not held. There are no such documents. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
2. & 3. Due to the size of the files this information has been sent to the requester directly.