Purpose

On the 23 November 2023, the Director of
Education, Early Years and Skills and children’s
service’s directorate management team approved
the request to redesign the early years funding team within the
early years service.
Consultation has taken place with trade unions and affected staff
throughout the formal consultation period on the 20 February to 5
March 2024. There has been no feedback or objections on the
proposed structure from trade unions or affected staff.
The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the outcome
of the staff consultation and to seek approval to progress to
implementation. If approved, the required staff changes will take
effect from 1 April 2024 onwards.

Content

RESOLVED - That:
Options set out in the November report were:
Option 1: Implement a redesign of the Early Years Funding Team with
the associated redundancy of the Early Years Provision Manager with
immediate effect.
This option reduces senior management in order to create greater
capacity at an operational/ delivery level.
Option 2: Remain ‘as is’. This option fails to address
the need to target resources where they are most needed to respond
to the changing needs of the service.