JNC Annual Report 2025 10 06 25
Renfrewshire Council · 10 June 2025
Back to Renfrewshire Council Joint Negotiating Committee for Teaching Staff — 10 June 2025 and its agenda
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Agenda Item .......... Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers To: Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers On: 10 June 2025 Report by Joint Secretaries Annual Report Session 2024/25 1. Background 1.1. Since the previous annual general meeting of the Renfrewshire Council Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers held on 11 June 2024, six scheduled meetings of the committee have been held. 1.2. Appendix 1 indicates the membership of the committee over the period. The ongoing work of the committee continues to be positive with joint collegiate activity being continued throughout the past year. Agreements reached and activity undertaken by the committee are outlined in Appendix 2 to this report. 2. Recommendation 2.1. Members of the JNC are asked to: • note the contents of this report and the appendices attached; and • agree this paper is circulated to all educational establishments.
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Appendix 1 Operation of Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers The following provides members of the JNC with a summary of operations from June 2024 until the Annual General Meeting of 10 June 2025. Membership of the committee during the period: Teachers’ Side: K Fella EIS M Russell EIS JP Tonner EIS D Tollan EIS Y Murray EIS B Kelly EIS L Gibson NASUWT R Kane SSTA Voice D Baxter, EIS Area Officer, Adviser to the Teachers' Side Management Side: Councillor E Rodden Councillor J Paterson E Henry, Interim Head of Education G Lyons, Interim Head of Education/Gerard McLauglin, Head of Education J Houston, Head Teacher, Mossvale Primary School K Henry, Head Teacher, St Andrew’s Academy K Clark, Strategic Lead Partner (People) S Bell, Education Manager Y Ward, Education Manager A Hall, Education Manager Steven Fanning Lead Partner (Health and Safety), Adviser to the Management Side Joint Secretaries: E Henry, Management Side K Fella/M Russell, Teachers’ Side
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Appendix 2 Reports Discussed The following areas were covered in reports submitted to the committee: • Absence Management • JNC 14/15 • Job-sizing • Printing Procedures and Facilities • Changes to Digital Infrastructure • Dual Presentation • Education Standards and Quality Report • Managing and Reporting Violence and Aggression • Family Leave • Class Sizes • Mobile Phone Guidance • Seesaw • Flexible Working • Education for Peace • Teacher Booker • Artificial Intelligence • EAL and Sensory Support Staffing Ongoing Discussions and Engagement Discussion took place regularly throughout this year and both joint secretaries have continued to work together to progress and resolve a range of operational matters. The JNC and JNC sub-groups have continued to seek to take forward issues which are included in the items of ongoing work listed below: • Mobile Phone Guidance • Violence and Aggression The JNC are looking forward to the next year of continued partnership working.