General Reports and Other Publications
WAG: A major report suggesting how more money can reach education front line services has been published by Education Minister Leighton Andrews. The report calculates the cost of administering education across Wales.
It considers the numbers working in administering the education system and, crucially, identifies opportunities to move resources from administration to the delivery of front line services.
It considers the numbers working in administering the education system and, crucially, identifies opportunities to move resources from administration to the delivery of front line services.
The report analyses £4.1bn of the annual expenditure on the education system in Wales of which direct funding for learning & teaching and other education expenditure accounts for 68% of the total. The remaining 32% is made up of support services, such as service management & financial administration.
The report identifies key opportunities for exploration grouped under two key themes.
* The first, Simplifying Governance, includes continuing to look for opportunities to simplify the structure of grant schemes
* The second, Standardising and Sharing Provision, includes exploring the opportunity for further development of more regional consortia sharing educational support
