Contract dates

Dear Mr Henderson

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Teachers - issuing contracts / costs
incurred by voluntary aided schools etc

Thank you for your request for information which I acknowledge was
received by the County Council on 17th February 2009.

Your request is currently being considered. If the County Council is able
to provide you with the information you have requested, then under the
Freedom Of Information Act you are entitled to receive it within 20
working days.

For your information, the FOI Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of some or all of the information you have requested. The
County Council will assess your information request in light of the
exemptions. If exemptions do apply, then the County Council may decide
not to release all, or part, of the information you have requested. I
shall inform you if this is the case, and advise you of your rights of
appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken by the County
Council as to whether to release the information to you. You will be kept
informed if this is the case.

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The County Council will not charge a fee to provide you with the
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request is less than £450. If it appears likely that your request will
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those fees will be, in accordance with the FOI Act.

If you have any queries or should you wish to make a complaint about the
manner in which your request is being dealt with then please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address in the first instance. Any
complaints will be dealt with under the Council's corporate complaints
procedure.

Further information about your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
700) or [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and on the County Council's
website.

I will be in touch again shortly.

Yours sincerely

Rob Mantell

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Dear Mr Henderson

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Teachers - issuing contracts / costs
incurred by voluntary aided schools etc

Your request for information has now been considered. The information you
have requested is enclosed below:

1) Warwickshire County Council has a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with
all schools who procure HR and Payroll Services. In line with this SLA we
attempt to provide contracts to all appropriate staff within 8 weeks of
their start date.

2) We do not specifically record when contracts are issued, but instead
place these on the Personnel File once completed and issued to the
employee. Therefore, it is not possible to produce a report on this
without extensive review of personnel files, which would cost in excess of
the statutory level for FOI enquiries.

3) The cost of the HR and Payroll Service to Schools is dependent on many
factors including the type of school and the number of pupils. The prices
for the financial year 2008/09 ranged from £902 up to a maximum of
£10,675. These cost include personnel and payroll advice plus HR Advice.
The pricing structure that is used to charge schools applies to all
schools - there is no differential in the application of this structure of
charges for VA schools.

4) The process for determining pay progression within a VA School is no
different to that of a maintained school and is governed by The Education
( School Teacher Performance Management ) (England) Regulations 2008 and
the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document. However, it is for the
Relevant Body ( either the governing body or pay committee) to consider
recommendations and make decisions about pay.

If you have any queries or should you wish to make a complaint about the
manner in which your request is being dealt with then please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address in the first instance. Any
complaints will be dealt with under the Council's corporate complaints
procedure.

Further information about your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
700) or [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and on the County Council's
website.

Yours sincerely

Rob Mantell
Knowledge and Information Management Service
Saltisford Office Park
Ansell Way
Warwick
CV34 4UL

01926 410410

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