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Conducting a school staffing review
Is there advice on conducting a school staffing review? This article has a KeyDoc that can be used to show how much schools spend on staff. We also link to guidance from LAs on reviewing staff structures, and look at the implications of a staffing review, including benchmarking and restructuring.
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Reviewing staffing structures: guidance
Timeline for the process of a staffing structure review
A document from Oxfordshire County Council has guidance for its schools on reviewing staffing structure with a view to a potential restructure.
Under the heading 'Getting started', on page 2, the document explains that:
A review of a school’s staffing structure should be conducted with a view to ensuring that the management and deployment of all employees and the allocation of responsibilities and duties is effective and focused on teaching and learning to raise standards.
Annex A of the document is an example of a timeline showing when different tasks should be completed and how long each
- Administrative staff structures: secondary schools
- Leadership structures in 'outstanding' schools
- Leadership structures in primary schools
- Leadership structures in small primary schools
- Organising a cost-effective staffing structure
- Organising a cost-effective support staff structure
- Primary school staffing structures: examples
- Staffing structures: special schools
- The SENCO as a strategic leader: guidance
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