Common use of Primary Schools Clause in Contracts

Primary Schools. (a) Each school will be delegated a budget, proportionate to its complement of teaching staff, from which it will be expected to finance such provision of supply staff as might be felt necessary in respect of: (i) periods of absence not referred to in section (b) below. (ii) internal rearrangements of class commitments necessitated by staff development or similar causes. (b) Resources will be retained centrally in order to finance the provision of: (i) cover from the first day of maternity leave; (ii) cover from the first day of a period of foreseen long-term absence (ie absence indicated by medical certificate or similar document as likely to extend beyond the period stated in section (c) below); (iii) cover for long-term absence, other than on account of maternity, in accordance with the terms of section (c) below; (iv) cover for absence on account of trade union duties falling within the scope of the authority’s agreement with teachers’ trade unions; (v) cover for jury duty after the third day of absence; (vi) cover, considered necessary following discussion between the head teacher and the head of education services, for absence resulting from participation in the work of the LTS, GTCS or other similar national body; (vii) cover, considered necessary following discussion between the head teacher and the head of education services for absence resulting from participation in the work of the authority, for example as a member of an appointments committee or working group; and (viii) cover in other circumstances where the head of education services is satisfied that an undue burden might otherwise be placed on the school. (c) For the purposes of clauses b(ii) and b(iii) above, cover shall be funded by the authority on the following basis: (i) Long-term absence cover will be funded by the authority from the day following the day shown in column 2 below: FTE TEACHING MAXIMUM LENGTH OF COMPLEMENT SHORT-TERM ABSENCE 1 – 4.9 4 5 – 5.9 5 6 – 6.9 6 7 – 7.9 7 8 – 8.9 8 9+ 9

Primary Schools. (a) i. Each school will be delegated a budget, proportionate to its complement of teaching staff, from which it will be expected to finance such provision of supply staff as might be felt necessary in respect of: (ia) periods of absence not referred to in section (ii. below, b) below. (ii) internal rearrangements of class commitments necessitated by staff development or similar causes. (b) ii. Resources will be retained centrally in order to finance the provision of: (ia) cover from the first day of maternity leave; (iib) cover from the first day of a period of foreseen long-term absence (ie e.g. absence indicated by medical certificate or similar document as likely to extend beyond the period stated in section (c) iii. below); (iiic) cover for long-term absence, other than on account of maternity, in accordance with the terms of section (c) iii. below; (ivd) cover for absence on account of trade union duties falling within the scope of the authority’s agreement with teachers’ trade unions; (ve) cover for jury duty after the third day of absence; (vif) cover, considered necessary following discussion between the head teacher Head of Establishment and the head of education servicesService Director Education, for absence resulting from participation in the work of the GTCS, LTS, GTCS or other similar national body; (viig) cover, considered necessary following discussion between the head teacher Head of Establishment and the head of education services Service Director Education for absence resulting from participation in the work of the authority, for example as a member of an appointments committee or working groupcommittee; and (viiih) cover in other circumstances where the head of education services Service Director Education is satisfied that an undue burden might otherwise be placed on upon the school. (c) iii. For the purposes of clauses b(iiii. b) and b(iiiii. c) above, cover shall be funded by the authority centrally on the following basis: (ia) Longarrangements for the provision of immediate cover may be made on an exceptional basis by the Service Director Education in respect of schools where all teaching staff are full-time class committed; b) long-term absence cover will be funded by the authority centrally from the day following the day shown in column 2 below: FTE TEACHING MAXIMUM LENGTH OF COMPLEMENT SHORT(e.g. maximum length of short-TERM ABSENCE 1 – 4.9 4 5 – 5.9 5 6 – 6.9 6 7 – 7.9 7 8 – 8.9 8 9+ 9term absence) in the table at ii. c) above.