An Aberdeen councillor has raised concerns about education at city schools.
A report has been published after Kingsford Primary and Nursery was visited by inspectors from Education Scotland.
They found a number of areas which caused concern including “weak” leadership of change.
Liberal Democrat Kingswells, Sheddocksley, Summerhill councillor Steve Delaney said he feared that reports of this nature could become more common due to the director of education position being scrapped.
Mr Delaney said: “As a parent of a child attending Kingsford School I can understand why others may be concerned following the recent report on the HMIe inspection of the school.
“However, I feel we need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture, otherwise we’re at the thin edge of the wedge.
“This is the first report to highlight any major concerns about Kingsford School, the previous ones all having been very positive.
“I’m not denying that improvements need to be made at Kingsford, nor do I seek to take anything away from the seriousness of this report.
“What I am saying is don’t use the hard working teachers as scapegoats without looking at the bigger picture because sadly, I do not expect this will be an isolated incident.”
Council education convener John Wheeler said the comments were “cheap political shots”.
He said: “These comments are utter claptrap and if he thinks that one post has changed the entire education system of the city then he is totally deluded.
“We acknowledge the report and are putting in systems to make improvements.
“It is also worth highlighting we have had extremely positive inspection reports across the city.”