Catholic Schools and the Definition of a 'Practising Catholic'
An important new document by Fr Marcus Stock
This document clarifies the “genuine occupational requirement in education employment law” for senior leaders in Catholic schools to be practising Catholics.
Please read the content of an email to all schools advising the use of CES Application Forms for all recruitment by clicking here
‘Recruiting Headteachers and Senior Leaders – The Use of Recruitment Agencies’
For the attention all Chairs of Governors and members of Governing Bodies, and Headteachers
'Recruiting Headteachers and Senior Leaders – The Use of Recruitment Agencies’
We wish to draw your attention to the brief statement ‘Recruiting Headteachers and Senior Leaders – The Use of Recruitment Agencies’ which has been sent to all headteachers by email, as well as being published here on our DSC website.
Increasingly, we are concerned about decisions made by governing bodies to engage commercial recruitment agencies to manage the process of headteacher recruitment on their behalf.
In light of our concerns, we have decided to issue this statement to guide Governing Bodies in their decision-making. We are clear that Local Authorities and the Diocese are best placed to offer informed, free, high-quality advice based on experience to the Governing Bodies of our Catholic VA schools. Thank you for your support.
Admissions Information in Polish for each Local Authority
We have produced information leaflets on our schools in Polish for each Local Authority within the Archdiocese of Birmingham. These can be downloaded and printed off by schools, parishes, chaplains, etc., and distributed to newly arrived Polish people moving into the area. To download the document for your LA... [Click here]
Governing Body Code of Practice
We now have available to download two documents to support governing bodies in producing a 'Governing Body Code of Practice' They can be found on this web site in the 'DSC Documents' section, under 'Governors' or [Click here]
