SEND & AP Improvement Plan – press advisory and comment from the Association of Educational Psychologists.

Colleagues will be saddened to hear of the death of Carole Westwick. Carole was an exceptional Educational Psychologist. For fifty years she strove to improve the lives and wellbeing of children through her great insight, knowledge, and wisdom.

Most EPs employed in Local Authorities are employed on Soulbury Terms and Conditions, which includes the nationally agreed payscales. These are not statutory, but have been developed over many years of consultation and negotiation by the Soulbury Committee which is made up of the Local Government Association and the recognised Soulbury Trade Unions. The AEP is a member of the Soulbury Committee along with National Education Union and Prospect. The full agreement can be found on the AEP website Soulbury Report. For AEP Members, there are four relevant scales, and every post should be graded on an appropriate range within them. There are other Soulbury scales, but it is only in rare occasions that EPs would find their post being allocated a range on another scale.

This short toolkit is designed to provide easy to use resources for members to support the campaign. It contains: Background information, Suggested key messages,  Draft email/letter text, Draft social media content,

With the nomination process underway to elect the next General Secretary of the AEP, here is my fortnightly update – an attempt try and demystify the role – and share with members just some of the important and (mostly) exciting work we do here at the AEP!

Final Soulbury Pay Claim for 2016.