OCC Equity Loans Scheme: Defining Eligibility Criteria and Opening the Scheme to Secondary Schools

Approval was given to:

1.    revised eligibility criteria to include teachers in eligible schools with a minimum of 2 years experience and who have been in permanent employment for 12 months in their current school; and

2.    extend the scheme to secondary schools serving deprived communities in the City.

CEB in July 2013 delegated operational matters to officers. The decision was needed to improve the operation of the scheme by setting up practical eligibility measures linked to the scheme objective of supporting leadership in schools in deprived communities in the City: in this case, teachers who have had additional teaching responsibility and demonstrated a commitment to develop their careers in Oxford.

Secondary schools serving these communities have experienced the same high levels of staff turnover which undermines the drive to improve standards. Extending the scheme is line with the Council’s scheme objective.

There were no other options available.

None.