Reference
E/TE6/1/1
Title
General file on teachers’ appointments, with information as follows:
Date free text
1974 - 1988
Production date
From: 1974 To: 1988
Scope and Content
- procedure for appointing teaching staff, with comments by representatives of heads of Incorporated Association of Headmasters, and later amendments (1974-1987);
- procedure for determining and operating redeployment (1976);
- notes of meetings discussing and correspondence concerning staff establishments, proposed reductions and limited appointments (1976-1978);
- Chief Education Officer’s report to Schools & Special Services Sub-Committee on staffing position in schools (1976);
- conditions for retirement compensation for teachers (1977);
- figures on recruitment of staff (1977);
- note of meeting on vetting procedures (1978);
- figures on staffing position in schools (1978/79);
- procedure for vetting and advertising posts (1979);
- complaints by Luton VI Form College and schools about slow vetting of job advertisements leading to less chance of candidates applying, with Local Education Authority (LEA) responses (1979);
- correspondence on activities of committee vetting advertisements and complaints by governors and schools at its existence (1979-1983);
- new form for applying for teacher vacancies, with comments of interested parties (1982-1983);
- County Secretary’s opinion on fixed term contracts for teachers (1981);
- notes of a meeting of representatives of the teachers professional associations to discuss collective disputes procedure (1983);
- draft procedure for monitoring Bedfordshire County Council equal opportunities policy;
- notes of meetings on problems raised by Treasurer’s Department on the payment of teachers (1985);
- notes of meeting on access to personal files (1985);
- concern from headteacher over payment of removal expenses to teachers (1986);
- advertisement for teacher in a Roman Catholic school in which it was stated that Bedfordshire County Council was an equal opportunities employer, whereas the school was voluntary aided and the appointment made by the governors, who were not equal opportunities employers (1986);
- numbers of women headteachers in LEA secondary schools (1986);
- inability of LEA to check applications against list of teachers with a criminal record (1987);
- appointment of probationer and woman returner teachers against anticipated primary school vacancies (1988).
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