School Direct Recruitment & SelectionGaynor Jones, Silverdale School

Aims:

• To share good practice• To think about opportunities and threats• To imagine……

2013/14 Recruitment:

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How Much Does It Cost?

• A quick guesstimate? £300 per day SLE rate or £250 cover rate?

• 27 days of interviews• 3 staff all day and 3 staff in and out (5 staff)• Administrative time 27 days for letters, phone calls arranging• Shortlisting 14 days• UCAS set-up, monitoring and updating every day• £940 per applicant

So, something this expensive should be high on the school agenda….• 2014/15 Recruitment:

• What are you doing now?• What are you planning to do?• Would you do with unlimited resources?• How will you collaborate

Our Current Recruitment & SelectionStrengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

The School Direct Model as it Matures• Recruitment rates will feed into decisions about allocations• How will you collaborate with partners to reduce costs, build up a

stronger offer and engage with the self-improving system?• Competition is increasing – what does this mean for us?• How will you use School Experience Programme?• How will you use Subject Knowledge Enhancement?• What would you do with unlimited resources?

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