Management Information Sheet
Staffing adjustment clinics
Each year, schools are tasked with examining their budget position and have to consider whether or not they will need to make adjustments to staffing in the light of projected budget deficits. In order to provide support for headteachers at an early stage of the staffing adjustment process, the Employee Relations team will be running staffing adjustment clinics for Headteachers - see dates below. At these clinics, we will outline the critical elements of the staffing adjustment process and in particular, those stages that need to be managed by Headteachers and governing bodies at an early stage.
The process includes a strict requirement to assess proposed staffing adjustments to determine whether or not the Local Authority will support the school with any resulting redundancy (and related) costs. Only those schools which need to make staffing reductions to recover a significant projected deficit budget situation will receive support with redundancy (and associated) costs. A school wishing to restructure its staffing, where a significant anticipated budget deficit is not evident, may still have sufficient grounds to make changes but the Governing Body will need to make budget provision for any potential costs (redundancy, safeguarding, early retirement) to come from its own budget.
Click here to view an overview of staffing adjustments process in schools.
Headteachers are invited to attend one of the staffing adjustment clinics listed below. Ali Fiddy and Carole Human, Employee Relations Senior HR Consultants will be available to meet you individually for a one hour discussion on the process and the necessary preparation at an early stage. Please book a slot by emailing Jackie Williamson at hrers@norfolk.gov.uk.
The process includes a strict requirement to assess proposed staffing adjustments to determine whether or not the Local Authority will support the school with any resulting redundancy (and related) costs. Only those schools which need to make staffing reductions to recover a significant projected deficit budget situation will receive support with redundancy (and associated) costs. A school wishing to restructure its staffing, where a significant anticipated budget deficit is not evident, may still have sufficient grounds to make changes but the Governing Body will need to make budget provision for any potential costs (redundancy, safeguarding, early retirement) to come from its own budget.
Click here to view an overview of staffing adjustments process in schools.
Headteachers are invited to attend one of the staffing adjustment clinics listed below. Ali Fiddy and Carole Human, Employee Relations Senior HR Consultants will be available to meet you individually for a one hour discussion on the process and the necessary preparation at an early stage. Please book a slot by emailing Jackie Williamson at hrers@norfolk.gov.uk.
| 21/01/2013 | County Hall, Norwich |
| 28/01/2013 | County Hall, Norwich |
| 31/01/2013 | Priory Hse, Kings Lynn |
| 04/02/2013 | Priory Hse, Kings Lynn |
| 14/02/2013 | County Hall, Norwich |
| 26/02/2013 | County Hall, Norwich |