by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Spending priorities and long-term protection of key services have been approved as part of Brighton & Hove City Council’s 2025/26 budget. The proposals that have been agreed include setting a legally balanced budget for the next financial year, steps to...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Click here for an update on West Sussex County Council’s SEND services from Cllr Jacquie Russell, Cabinet Member for Children & Young People, Learning and Skills, West Sussex County Council.
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
A new campaign encouraging people to consider becoming childminders has been launched by the East Sussex County Council. The ‘Do something big – work with small children’ campaign aims to highlight the benefits of childminding as a career. The campaign is supporting...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
This FE News article examines recent apprenticeship policy announcements and calls for clarity regarding EPA changes.
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
This NAO report focuses on Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government as the department responsible for the framework within which local authorities operate, and provides transparency over the current position of local government finances. By examining...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) is designed to transform the post-18 student finance system to create a single funding system by replacing higher education student finance loans and Advanced Learner Loans. From September 2026, learners will be able to apply...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
In 2025, the Department for Education and RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk are teaming up to co-deliver the ‘Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers’ and the Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employers rankings. This unified approach marks the introduction of a new era in...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
A recording and summary of an online event from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) presenting findings of a new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which shows the effect of the rollout of the EMA in England on both short- and long-run outcomes for...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Ofsted has revealed plans for inspectors to visit around 240 providers across the country. They will include childminders, nurseries, pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, independent schools, further education providers and ITE providers....
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2025 | News
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex. This shows that the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) is close to...