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Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers 
To: Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers
On: Feb 11th 2025
Report by
Joint Secretary (Teachers’ Side) 
Riverbrae 
1. Background 
A paper was recently put to the JNC as a reminder of the legal
requirements in relation to class sizes.  That paper was tabled because
there had been isolated reports of some breaches of the SNCT maxima in
some schools. 
The teaching unions have since become aware that several classes in the
secondary section of Riverbrae are above the legal maximum of ten. This
has contractual, workload and Health and Safety implications.   
It should further be noted that the maximum class size in ASN sector is
predicated on the nature of needs of pupils and that a class of ten is only
appropriate in some cases with adequate classroom assistant support
where a ratio of 1:2.5 is in place. 
It is not appropriate that all classes will have ten learners. 
2. Recommendation 
There needs to be an urgent and immediate review of the nature of need,
levels of support being offered and an investigation into how the numbers
in classes have been allowed to exceed the legal limit.   
The Teachers’ Side has advised Education Managers of this breach and
now expect that there will be immediate action taken to remedy the
situation and that classes will be appropriately staffed in line with SNCT
class size maximum and in line with the recorded needs of learners.