This article outlines a common way that restructures are decided and planned. If the process differs in your school or local authority's restructuring/redundancy policy, make sure you follow that instead.
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When governors should be involved
Your headteacher should be free to reorganise staffing structures at an operational level as they see fit. For example, they might want to increase the number of staff in a key area, make a change to the subject leadership structure, or create a new pastoral role.
If more significant changes are on the horizon, especially where they might result in redundancies, your board should be involved from an early stage. This is because major staff restructures are strategic.
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