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Learning and Skills Councils: Testing times

How are the new LSCs shaping up? Childcare training providers tell Mary Evans how they see their position

How are the new LSCs shaping up? Childcare training providers tell Mary Evans how they see their position

Early years training providers are preparing for the toughest test yet of the new Learning and Skills Council (LSC), which took over responsibility in April for all post-16 education in England outside the university sector.

Under the new regime, training providers are paid on their predictions of their achievement levels at the start of a training period, and at the end of each four months there is an adjustment when actual achievements are measured against the forecasts. So, the first re-adjustment will test the efficiency of the new system.

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