If a school is considering redundancy as the last resort in dealing with its budget deficit, the school can apply to the local authority to contribute towards the cost of redundancy.

The schools must notify and discuss any proposals to restructure and reduce staffing levels with the local authority at the earliest opportunity and before any consultations.

The local authority may refuse or only partially reimburse:

if a school has decided to offer more generous terms than the authority's policy

if a school acts outside the local authority's policy.

the local authority does not believe that redundancies are necessary to either set a balanced budget or meet the conditions of a licensed deficit.