BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change

7. Education

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

Education is by far the largest item of local authority expenditure…approximately 60% of all local authority expendures

[Hampshire County Coumcil will spend 777 out of 1176 £million ]

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

What is money spent on…

• Primary and pre-primary (40%)

• Secondary (37%)

• Special (7%)

• Adult and continuing (12%)

• Administration (0.7%)

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

And, in the past,

• Further education Colleges (FEFC, now Learning Skills Councils)

• Higher education (Colleges of Art, Technology, Commerce) which became the polytechnics and then the new universities (e.g. Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham) now funded by HEFCE (and student fees!)

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

Types of provision…

• County Schools

• Voluntary Schools

• Special Grant Schools (50%-75% aided)

• Self-governing grant-maintained (opting out of local authority control)

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

Under the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998, the government established three new categories of schools:

•community, very broadly based on county schools

•voluntary, formerly voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools

•foundation, intended to replace GM schools, putting them back under local authority control to an extent.

Local education authorities continue to retain responsibility for various services, including transport, school meals, and co-ordinating services for pupils with special needs.

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

Big issues are….

• Attracting teachers

• Raising standards

• ‘faith schools’

• Local management

BS1033 Local Government – Continuity and Change7. Education

Locally, in Hampshire…

http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/department