I would like to request the following information regarding Head Teachers employed by SBC. Please provide, for each Head Teacher employed by SBC from 2015 onwards:
For each Head Teacher: The name of the school(s) they were/are appointed to.
Their job title (e.g., Head Teacher, Executive Head, Cluster Head). Their salary (gross annual salary or relevant salary band) for each year of service.
The date they were appointed to their current Head Teacher role, and the date they left (if applicable).
The total number of pupils on the school roll they were responsible for in each academic year.
Whether the Head Teacher has a teaching commitment (and at what amount), or is fully non-teaching.
Their employment attendance status for each academic year — specifically whether they were actively in role, on leave of absence, or absent due to ill health or secondment.
For each school with a Head Teacher in post: Whether the Head Teacher is shared across multiple schools or dedicated to one school only — and the names of any schools involved.
Whether any leadership or management time is being backfilled by other senior staff (e.g., Depute Head Teachers or Principal Teachers), and the associated cost of this backfill (where available).
Additionally: Whether SBC has committed to any fixed-term or long-term contractual salary arrangements (e.g., protected salaries, management restructures, or legally-binding salary levels) for Head Teachers responsible for schools with fewer than 100 pupils enrolled.
If such arrangements exist, please provide:
The number of cases.
The rationale given at the time of agreement.
Any available cost-benefit analysis or financial impact assessment prepared.
Please provide this information in an accessible digital format (such as Excel spreadsheet, searchable PDF). If this request exceeds cost threshold, happy to narrow the scope by e.g. limiting the timeframe to since 2019 onwards.
Response
For each Head Teacher: The name of the school(s) they were/are appointed to. – Included in Report Their job title (e.g., Head Teacher, Executive Head, Cluster Head). – Included in report Their salary (gross annual salary or relevant salary band) for each year of service.
For HT posts all councils follow the job-sizing process set out within the SNCT handbook. This is not a salary band like SJC posts but a point on the DHT/HT spine published within the SNCT handbook - Part 2 - SNCT Handbook, and is therefore exempt under Section 25 of Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 The date they were appointed to their current Head Teacher role, and the date they left (if applicable). Included in report The total number of pupils on the school roll they were responsible for in each academic year. Included in Report Whether the Head Teacher has a teaching commitment (and at what amount), or is fully non-teaching.
All Headteachers should be assumed to be fully non-teaching in the report with the exceptions of the following teaching time: 2024/25 Newcastleton PS – 0.2 FTE Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE Denholm – 0.2 FTE Halyrude – 0.2 FTE 2023-24 Newcastleton PS – 0.2 FTE Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE Denholm – 0.2 FTE Halyrude – 0.2 FTE 2022/23 Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE Newcastleton PS – 0.2 FTE 2021/22 – Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE Newcastleton PS – 0.2 FTE 2020/21 Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE Newcastleton PS – 0.2 FTE 2019/20 Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE 2018/19 Lilliesleaf PS – 0.2 FTE 2017/18 None
Their employment attendance status for each academic year — specifically whether they were actively in role, on leave of absence, or absent due to ill health or secondment. – The Council is unable to extract this information from our reporting system therefore this would require a manual check through the system to obtain the answer for each individual case. This task would take a considerable amount of time to complete and would exceed the threshold of cost incurred in responding to an FOI request, and we therefore apply section 12 of FOISA. For each school with a Head Teacher in post: Whether the Head Teacher is shared across multiple schools or dedicated to one school only — and the names of any schools involved. Included in report Whether any leadership or management time is being backfilled by other senior staff (e.g., Depute Head Teachers or Principal Teachers), and the associated cost of this backfill (where available). Additionally: Whether SBC has committed to any fixed-term or long-term contractual salary arrangements (e.g., protected salaries, management restructures, or legally-binding salary levels) for Head Teachers responsible for schools with fewer than 100 pupils enrolled. If such arrangements exist, please provide: The number of cases. The rationale given at the time of agreement. Any available cost-benefit analysis or financial impact assessment prepared. – The Council is unable to extract this information from our reporting system therefore this would require a manual check through the system to obtain the answer for each individual case. This task would take a considerable amount of time to complete and would exceed the threshold of cost incurred in responding to an FOI request, and we therefore apply section 12 of FOISA.
