Agenda item

This report presents a number of model policies to be recommended by the Council for adoption by the governing bodies of the community, voluntary controlled, community special and maintained nursery schools, which the Council maintains, and to be implemented by the Council in respect of any unattached teachers that it employs.  The recommended policies are:

-           Annual Leave and Special Leave;

-           Flexible Working;

-           Whistleblowing;

-           General Data Protection Policy;

-           GDPR Privacy Notices.

Julie Amory, HR Business Partner, introduced the report as set out.  The report presented a number of model policies to be recommended by the Council for adoption by the governing bodies of the community, voluntary controlled, community special and maintained nursery schools, which are maintained by the Council, and to be implemented by the Council in respect of any unattached teachers employed by the Council. 

Three of the policies – Annual Leave and Special Leave; Flexible Working; and Whistleblowing – were last updated in 2009, and the changes were mainly legislative.  The policies for General Data Protection and GDPR Privacy Notices were now required following changes in May 2018.

The policies had already been approved by the Schools Consultative Group, and would be circulated to schools for adoption from September.  The reason for the exemption of the policies was to protect the intellectual property of the service.

In response to questions from the Committee, Ms Amory advised that:

-           All maintained schools would be using these policies, and academies would be encouraged to do the same.

-           The service was exploring how to implement an operating model to meet the needs of all schools, whether they wanted to buy the whole suite of policies, templates and support, or certain aspects of the package.

-           Schools who had signed up to receive templates and policies from other agencies had been advised to carry out due diligence.

RESOLVED that

i.          The model policies for:

Haringey Schools Model Annual and Special Leave Policy

Haringey Schools Model Flexible Working Policy

Haringey Schools Model Whistleblowing Policy

Haringey Schools Model General Data Protection Policy and Practices

a.    be approved for adoption by the governing bodies of the community, voluntary controlled, community special and maintained nursery schools which the Council maintains;

b.    be implemented by the Council in respect of any attached teachers it employs from 23 July 2018;

ii.         these new policies will replace any existing policies and guidance that are currently in place; and

iii.           the Assistant Director Corporate Resources, in consultation with the Chair of the Staffing & Remuneration Committee, be authorised to make such amendment to the policies as he considers minor, and any such amendments shall be reported back to the Committee following the making of said amendments.