Staff Information Meeting

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Staff Information Meeting

• Proposed School Name
• A Church of England AcademyDate

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• Academies are publicly funded independent state
  schools.
• Funding comes directly from central government
  rather than via the Local Authority.
• The Governing Body of certain schools can decide
  whether to apply for others, the DfE issues an
  Academy Order and a Sponsor is Appointed
• School name has an opportunity to become an
  academy but its first choice sponsor must be the
  Church of England Diocese Trust or
• School name because of its Ofsted rating is
  expected to apply to become an academy with the
  Church of England Diocese Trust
• The Secretary of State has agreed a Memorandum of
  Understanding with the Church of England that all
  of its school will first look to a Diocese Trust
  when seeking to become an academy.

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Whats Different about Academies?

• Freedoms
• Curriculum
• School Day
• Terms and Conditions
• Governance
• Delegation from the MAT
• Focussed on pupil achievement and pastoral care
• Accountability
• To the MAT
• To DfE
• Funding from EFA (DfE)

• ....and what stays the same?
• Laws on admissions, exclusions and SEN
• Partnership and collaboration
• Inspection
• Ofsted will still inspect
• Not for profit

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What are the Proposals for this School?

• The Diocese of Ely Multi AcademiesTrust will
  sponsor the new Academy
• It will be called Name of the Academy
• The school ethos will remain the same
• Stakeholder groups will be consulted about these
  proposals
• Consultation is centred on addressing any
  concerns and helping to identify the targets for
  the schools development plan
• The consultation report is part of the
  documentation that goes to the Secretary of State
  as part of the consideration on whether to allow
  the school to become an academy.
• Subject to the Secretary of State being satisfied
  that the legal agreements on land and assets
  transfer are complete, that the governance and
  organisation structure and the development plan
  are acceptable, and that the academy is
  financially viable the transfer to academy status
  will take place.

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How will this Affect Staff?

• Staff will transfer from the employment of
  current employers nameto the Academies Trust
  (TUPE)
• TUPE is the Transfer of Undertaking (Protection
  of Employment) Regulations 2006
• All employees who are in post at Date of
  proposed transfer will transfer
• Do I have to Transfer?
• Staff who choose not to transfer have no right to
  stay with their existing employer so would at
  transfer be making themselves redundant without a
  right to any severance
• For certain staff that work across more than one
  site the decision on transfer is taken by
  reference to where the majority of their work is
  based.

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What About my Terms and Conditions?

• TUPE means that staff transferring will stay on
  their existing terms and conditions.
• New employers can argue for organisational,
  technical or economic reasons that not all staff
  should transfer or that terms and conditions
  should change. Such changes would however require
  full consultation and none are planned by the
  Diocese of Ely Multi Academy Trust
• Academies can after transfer choose to change
  contracts and set their own pay structures
  however there are no plans to do this, and if in
  the future there is a need to make changes then
  full consultation will take place
• All other terms and conditions, including
  pensions will remain unaffected

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Will I notice any Changes?

• In essence no, however
• You will have a new employer and new PAYE
  reference
• Your service will remain continuous
• If you previously had opted-out of the pension
  scheme you can now join
• Please let the Diocese of Ely Multi Academy Know
  if you want to rejoin the pension scheme.
• Some policies will have to be amended to reflect
  the status of the new employer but these will
  be consulted on

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What about the Future?

• No plans to change anything for existing staff
• Currently no proposals to make whole scale
  changes for new staff
• New staff contracts will provide opportunities
  for working across Trust schools
• When such opportunities arise these will also be
  available for existing staff should they wish to
  participate
• The Trust would expect to adopt any National
  collective agreements however will not be
  obliged to do so and will consult as necessary
• The Trust plans to increase the number of schools
  sponsored

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Next Steps

• Consultation with your representatives
• Consultation continues until transfer
• A handout is available of FAQs that staff
  representatives have raised at previous academy
  conversions.
• If you have any other queries you are invited to
  direct these to Nameat DEMAT or if you would
  prefer to your union representative or existing
  employer

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Questions?