Item 15 Appendix 4
West Dunbartonshire Council · 19 March 2025
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2024/25 APPENDIX 4 Efficiency reference Efficiency Detail budgeted Amount £ Projection of Total Saved £ Projection of Total Not Saved £ Comment EDU08 Reduce Additional Management Time in Primary Schools 304,000- 304,000- - EDU11 Reduce DMR Budgets by up to 10% 80,000- 80,000- EDU02 Increased use of Pupil Equity Funding to pay for associated support service costs 70,000- 70,000- EDU05 Introduce Early Start Clubs at schools with associated fees (£2) for pupils not entitled to a free school meal 187,000- 95,000- 92,000- number of paying attendees less than budgeted EDU09 Increase fees for Out of School Care Service at St Eunan’s Primary School and Linnvale Primary School by £3 from April 2024 14,000- 14,000- EDU13 Remove 1 of 2 Education Officer posts responsible for quality assuring and monitoring the performance of West Dunbartonshire schools 75,000- 75,000- EDU14 Reduce the number of ELC Early Stage Teachers from 16.4 FTE to 11.4 FTE across the entire ELC learning estate 219,000- 219,000- EDU15 Reduce the number of Early Learning Childcare Posts from 223 FTE to 217 FTE across the entire ELC learning estate 134,000- 134,000- EDU16 Remove ELC Lead Officer in Bellsmyre and Dalmonach ELC with remaining management team required to take over aspects of their remit 62,000- 62,000- EDU17 Reduce the Collaborative Support Service by 3.6 FTE 190,000- 190,000- EDU18 Reduce use of SMS text messages with schools communicating with parents using Groupcall. 10,000- 10,000- EDU20 Review the current flexibility in primary school classification and allocate class structures based on numerical information which aligns with statutory obligations 400,000- 400,000- - 1,745,000 - 1,653,000 - 92,000