Dan Peters 19 September 2019

DfE drive to check council readiness for Brexit

The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting to gain a better understanding of school sector and council readiness just weeks before the Government’s Brexit deadline.

A letter from minister for the school system, Lord Agnew, last week said the department ‘now require[d] a clearer understanding of school preparedness as a priority’.

It asked local authorities to complete a survey by next week in a bid to identify further areas where the DfE could help the education sector better prepare for October 31.

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Skills Pipelines: What local government needs to know

Councils and mayors are to be handed a central role in developing skills pipelines for local industries, as the Government unveils what it calls a ‘fundamental change’ to the education system aimed at tackling youth unemployment. Here's what council leaders and officers need to know.
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