Redundancies

• 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.