Saving Money on the timetable

'White Paper' on 'Saving Money on the Timetable'

If your school is facing financial problems, or needs to make budgetary cuts, or wishes to explore ways to be more frugal, then there are 4 main ways to save money ... and this 'White Paper' (in PDF format) discusses them.

In particular it discusses:

• Could our Staff teach more periods per week? 
  Using TimeTabler:
  Finding the current Contact Ratio; comparison with typical national values; current distribution of
  bonuses; how to adjust Staffing Loads; finding the Rooming Fraction.
  
  
• Could we reduce the Number of Teaching Groups?
  Using Options:
  3 worked examples.
  Looking at Maths, English, Games blocks; looking at Optional subjects in Year 10 (or 12, or S3456),
  implications (for the students) of using a First/Second Reserve Choices; how to use them in practice.

To download this 9-page 'White Paper' on 'Saving Money' (including further considerations and recommended reading), click here.