DfE Publishes Revised Essential Digital Skills Standards

by SCTP | Jul 19, 2026 | News

The DfE has published revised essential digital skills standards, setting out the digital skills adults need to participate fully in life, undertake most jobs and engage in further study.

NAO Report: Increasing Construction Skills

by SCTP | Jul 19, 2026 | News

This National Audit Office report assesses the government’s progress since launching its construction skills package.

Government Agrees Expansion to Brighton & Hove Boundary as Part of Wider Programme of Local Government Reorganisation

by SCTP | Jul 19, 2026 | News

Residents and local businesses across Brighton & Hove, East Saltdean, Telscombe and Peacehaven will be brought together under a new local authority area, following confirmation from the government today. Brighton & Hove City Council will now work closely with...

East Sussex Leaders Call for Government to Reconsider Unpopular Plan for Council Reorganisation

by SCTP | Jul 19, 2026 | News

East Sussex leaders have called on ministers to urgently reconsider plans to move about 26,000 residents into an expanded Brighton & Hove. Click here for more.

If the New Prime Minister is Serious About the Next Generation, it Starts With the Disadvantage Gap

by SCTP | Jul 19, 2026 | News

The Education Policy Institute has been tracking the disadvantage gap – the difference in educational outcomes between socio-economically disadvantaged children and young people and their peers – for a decade. In this report they analyse children’s results in key...