JNC Teacher Booker 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) Teacher Booker – Update 1. Summary 1.1. In order to support and improve the efficiency of allocation of temporary supply cover to our schools, a new online supply booking system, Teacher Booker, was introduced from April 2025 onwards. While information related to the operation of the system has on the whole been very positive, the Teachers’ side had highlighted an issue in relation to the appropriate remuneration of supply teachers doing long term supply ( any duration in excess of 2 days) within the same school), whereby what was occurring was at variance with current SNCT terms and conditions. Management have taken steps to have this resolved and anyone suffering financial detriment 1from April onwards to be reimbursed. 2. Background 2.1. Teacher Booker was introduced as a means of allowing schools to effectively source required temporary cover and for supply teacher to have sight of and gain deployment. 2.2 As an allocation for each specific cover need is treated as a separate allocation – even if within the same school – in some instances this resulted in supply teachers who undertook more than 2 consecutive days within the same establishment not having this re cognised a long-term cover and so no subject to a financial uplift. 2.2 Management has undertaken to resolve this position and have any individual financially disadvantaged reimbursed. 2.3 Relevant colleagues in other services have been asked to liaise with Teacher Booker to ensure that going forward all allocations and deployments within the same establishment will be treated as long term cover and supply teachers paid accordingly. 2.4 Additionally, a review of payments from April onwards will be carried out to identify those supply teachers impacted with a view to having them reimbursed for the difference in hours.
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3. Recommendation 3.1 Members are asked to note this intention and resolution of the issue raised.