BS1033 Local Government Continuity and Change

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BS1033 Local Government Continuity and Change

• 7. Education

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BS1033 Local Government Continuity and
Change7. Education

• Education is by far the largest item of local
  authority expenditureapproximately 60 of all
  local authority expendures
• Hampshire County Coumcil will spend 777 out of
  1176 million

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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)

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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!)

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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)

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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.

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BS1033 Local Government Continuity and
Change7. Education

• Big issues are.
• Attracting teachers
• Raising standards
• faith schools
• Local management

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BS1033 Local Government Continuity and
Change7. Education

• Locally, in Hampshire
• http//www.hants.gov.uk/education/department