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RCT Cuts. What does it mean?. Reduction to part time provision. Currently full time asap after 3 rd birthday Plan is to change it to part time the term after 3 rd birthday Full time from September of Reception. Affects every Primary and Infant School
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RCT Cuts What does it mean?
Reduction to part time provision • Currently full time asap after 3rd birthday • Plan is to change it to part time the term after 3rd birthday • Full time from September of Reception. • Affects every Primary and Infant School • Affects the jobs of over 100 teachers and over 300 support staff! ( this is an estimate)
How is this to be implemented? • Council would hope to bring it in by April 2014. • This is not achievable – for teachers the consultation and notice periods over redundancy would be too short ( would have to be given notice by 28 February!!)
More likely scenario • Implementation from Sept 2014 • This raises issues – will those currently in full time pre nursery provision revert to part time in Sept 2014? – totally crazy idea • If it is phased we will have a variety of children in different provision!
Why? • MONEY SAVING EXERCISE This is not done from an educational viewpoint. This report was authored by Steve Merritt from the Finance Department • It will save £4.5 million a year • It will mean redundancies or reductions in hours in EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL
Is our nursery provision effective? • Evidence – provided by RCT itself in report to Cabinet next week/ • RCT perform above expected level given our free school meals level as an indicator of deprivation. • RCT is the second most deprived authority in Wales, therefore should appear 21/22 in the attainment statistics –
We are better than 21/22 • On every single measure – FP outcomes, KS2 assessments, KS3, KS4 ( a variety!) we are at 16-20 in the LA “league tables” • The ONE difference between us and all other LA’s is our nursery provision!
Evidence • We need evidence to show how effective early years education with access to suitably qualified teachers is – we are not talking about childcare here - WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EUCATION, planning, assessing, monitoring, adapting, taking into account children’s skills on entry!
What can we do? • Fill in consultation – everyone needs to do it as an individual, can do it as a school or a group as well but the more the better! • Email AM, MP, Councillors, chairs of governors, Huw Lewis ( Wales Minister for Education .) outline concerns on educational and employment grounds • And ……..
Expand the activity base • Work with parents – make them aware of changes • Work with local childcare providers - get them to make their parents aware of potential changes • Work with councillors – increase their understanding of what we do! • Get public aware – leaflet , petition, hold public meetings ( some parents won’t be aware that it will affect them in the future) • BIG PROBLEM – only 4 weeks!!!!