TO: Headteachers of All Norfolk Schools
Dear Headteacher
Thank you for your past support in providing data on unfilled vacancies and temporary appointments. An additional £1.2 million pounds was drawn into the county for Recruitment and Retention initiatives as a result of this information.
To substantiate the case for continued extra funding to the Eastern Region, all LEAs in our region have agreed to collect identical vacancy data on the first day of each term. It is vital that we have accurate figures on the teacher vacancies because national funding is dependent upon these figures. In order to correlate regional data it is essential that we receive your replies by Friday 17th January 2003.
As in the previous two terms schools are asked to respond on line, using the same method by completing the proforma, (Teacher Recruitment & Retention Data Collection) which can be accessed from the Personnel Section of the School Management Resources site based on the esinet home page, (www.esinet.norfolk.gov.uk). To access the promforma schools will have to log on with their password. The information required is your staffing vacancies as at the first day of the spring term.
A vacancy is defined as a post for which no permanent, suitably qualified teacher has been appointed and for which any temporary appointment is for not more than three terms. A nil return is required where no vacancies occur. If you respond on line the collation of data can be immediate.
If it is not possible to respond on-line, paper proformas can be supplied. Please contact Sarah Hare on 01603 22 2901.
Thank you for your support.
Yours sincerely,
Bryan Slater
Director of Education