JNC Staffing update session 2025-26 02 09 25
Renfrewshire Council · 2 September 2025
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Agenda Item .......... Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers To: Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers On: 02 September 2025 Report by: Joint Secretary (Management Side) Session 2025-26: Staffing Update 1. Summary 1.1. An annual staffing exercise takes place each year in preparation for the following session to ensure that our establishments have the teaching capacity and resource required for effective delivery. This annual exercise includes scoping, mapping and matching of a range of different categories of teaching staff. The staffing exercise for session 2025-26 is obviously well underway and almost concluded. For session 2025-26 the current the allocation of various elements of staffing is noted below. 2. Background 2.1. Newly qualified teachers (NQTs): 67 NQTs have joined us and been allocated to our schools for session 2025-26 comprising 40 Primary and 27 secondary NQTs. In the case of secondary particularly this is well below the number we bid for (48), and also below the number we were initially allocated in the case of both sectors (Primary 46, secondary 34) 2.2. Surplus: due to changes in school roll figures 2 non-promoted primary teachers were declared surplus and in line with implementation of our surplus policy were reallocated to establishments of their choice from the options given. It should be noted that but for the additional allocation of 1fte to identified Target schools (see below) the number of primary teachers declare surplus in their current schools would have been much higher. 2.3. Permanent supply: 53 (52.6fte) teachers with this contractual status who were appointed in 2022 were matched to school in April 2025. Those appointed as permanent supply teachers in 2023 have all been temporarily allocated to longer term placements in schools from the start of session in August. 2.4. Teachers with entitlement to permanency under the terms of the JNC20 Policy - Scheme for the Appointment of Temporary Teachers to Permanent Posts: 11 (9.6fte) secondary JNC20 teachers have been matched to school on a permanent basis from August 2025. 6 (5.2fte have been allocated on a temporary basis from the star of session. Suitable vacancies temporary or permanent have still to be identified for 4 remaining secondary JNC20 successful applicants and they are being prioritised for temporary supply in line with the JNC20 Policy.
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2.5. Secondary staffing adverts: over 65 vacancies in our secondary schools of either a permanent or temporary nature were advertised in preparation for the start of session August 2025. 2.6. Proposed 1.0 fte fixed term 1 year allocation for an additional 20 identified Primary target schools, 2 ASN schools and 11 secondary schools: a recruitment process for primary temporary staff is currently underway to support the above additional. The purpose and rationale behind identification of ‘target schools’ is to support effective delivery, attainment and achievement, and help to close the poverty related achievement gap In addition to providing valuable additional resource for the coming session, this will obviously stand us in good stead in preparation for the likely introduction of ‘21 hours’ (90 minutes additional non class contact time provided to teaching staff) should the anticipated introduction in the Primary sector in August 2026, go ahead. 2.7. Census planning: the annual Census data collection is planned for Wednesday 10 September 2025. Planning and monitoring is underway to ensure we maintain our teacher number of 1753 across all sectors as per Census 2023, as required. 2.8. External secondments: we are pleased to record that in addition to our 3 head teacher colleagues who have been seconded by Education Scotland for a period of 1 year, two secondary teachers (based in Gryffe High School and Johnstone High School), and two primary teachers (from Bridge of Weir Primary School & ELCC and Newmains Primary School), have been successful in their application for secondment opportunities with the Centre for Teaching Excellence. 3. Recommendation 3.1. Members are asked to note the contents of this report.