We have had supernumerary staff for several years now. Not only does it take a huge amount of pressure off staff who have paperwork to catch up on, it also means that our first line of defence during staff sickness is a permanent member of staff who knows all of the children, all of the parents and all of the routines.
Although we do have a bank of regular staff to call on in those times when we need to cover more than one person, we have not had to use agency staff for well over 12 months now. The additional salary for our supernumerary has been paid back tenfold in the money saved from agency fees.
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