RNN Group John Connolly Chief Executive
Some information about us FE students 16-18 3000 19+ 1500 HE students 500 Apprenticeships 4000 Commercial Income £1.5m Turnover £45m Employees 1000+ Last inspected as Good……but shared challenges
Merger Timeline 2014 2015 2016 March/April July September December January April May August October November February Strategic plans establish intent to collaborate Initial discussions between Principals Informal discussions between Chairs and Principals Boards formally agree to consider merger First joint meeting of SLT’s Structure & Prospects Appraisal (SPA) commissioned Boards agree SPA recommendation to merge Joint Strategic Board established; Due Diligence commissioned Due Diligence reports considered and merger proposal agreed Recruitment of CEO (Designate) Merger prospectus issued and public consultation commenced Start of SCR ABR Merger workstreams established and Project Manager appointed Consultation response issued; Apply for LGPS Substitution Order TUPE Consultation commenced SoS approval of name change; LGPS Substitution Order issued Merger date! Does include commissioning of SPA, not necessarily required after ABR, which took 3 months
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Factors to our advantage Leadership from Boards of Governors Complementary, rather than competing offer Cultures, values and missions – local focus No immediate financial pressures….but…. Senior Leadership share vision and commitment
Some lessons from our merger Business functions IT link ITS team SFA/EFA Staff……..‘What’s the Masterplan?’ TUPE …and just change
Just the beginning… Funding contracts – August 2016 Policies, Processes and Procedures People and Culture
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Timeline… Area Start Complete Notes Due Diligence Updated Guidance Awaited 30/06/2016 Due Diligence Letter to invite parties to tender/quote 01/07/2016 15/07/2016 Notification to potential firms and decisions made in July Analysis of quotes/tenders 18/07/2016 Award contract Ongoing work on DD 08/09/2016 Report back to Board on Due Diligence 15/09/2016 Decision required at this point to continue Develop consultation document and organise events 30/09/2016 Publish in a newspaper the intention of Dearne Valley College to dissolve 30/09/2016 is the latest this can go out based on the 1st Feb date Launch Consultation 31/10/2016 Respond to consultation 01/11/2016 10/11/2016 Consider Board approvals Launch TUPE Consultation 01/12/2016 12/01/2017 This provides a window of 45 calendar days Proposed merger date 01/02/2017