Education

Capita is supporting the Government’s strategy to improve educational standards and raise accessibility.

The Government has committed further funding to improve educational standards and raise accessibility, but there is a need to ensure value for money as the growth in funding slows down. Government education strategy focuses on educational outcomes and requires changing roles for local authorities and new responsibilities for schools and colleges. We are particularly well placed to contribute because we combine ground-level professional support services experience in schools and strategic management capacity to support local authorities and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (“DCSF”).

Industry analysts are predicting market growth rates of 5% out to 2011*. We anticipate continuing to build on our activities within this market.

Clients engage Capita to help them to:

• Transform and deliver support services through shared platforms to meet efficiency targets and achieve value for money to underpin education excellence
• Develop and deliver the wider Children’s Services Agenda
• Make planned investment in systems and ICT to reduce bureaucracy, enhance assessment and improve financial management
• Set up arrangements for and support implementation of Building Schools for the Future
• Address the Leitch Review of Skills and the reconfiguration of further education and training
• Recruit key personnel, including teachers.