Decision details
Education and Youth Senior Management Restructure
Decision Maker: Education and Youth Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To seek the support of the Education &
Youth Overview & Scrutiny Committee for a new leadership
structure in Education & Youth to deliver savings in management
costs, provide opportunity for career development, and to meet the
Organisational Design objectives around layers and spans of
control.
Decisions:
The Chief Officer (Education and Youth) introduced a report on a new management structure in Education and Youth delivering reductions in costs, providing opportunities for career development and meeting organisational design objectives. He provided background information and referred to the main considerations as detailed in the report. He reported on the proposed new structure which was outlined in appendix 3 to the report and advised that voluntary solutions had been provided in terms of changes to the existing structure.
Mrs. Rita Price raised concerns that there was no reference to educational partners or other providers of education in the new structure and that there was a danger in treating all schools the same. The Chief Officer responded to the concerns raised and gave an assurance that partnership working was recognised as important and would be fully reflected in strategic planning.
In response to the concerns raised by Councillor Carolyn Thomas the Chief Officer advised that the Council had a very positive working relationship with headteachers of schools both individually and collectively. With a fewer and smaller cohort of senior managers there would be more peer to peer support.
RESOLVED:
That the revised structure be recommended to Cabinet at its meeting on the 6 August 2015.
Report author: Ian Budd
Publication date: 30/07/2015
Date of decision: 30/07/2015
Decided at meeting: 30/07/2015 - Education and Youth Overview & Scrutiny Committee