Social work charity Frontline, which has run the Pathways programme since 2022, had been expecting the funding to be extended for a further two years but has been told by the DfE that it will now end this July.
More than 1,500 aspiring social work leaders have participated in the Pathways programme in its first two years, and it was anticipated that around 2,000 would have enrolled on it over the next two years.
However, giving evidence to the Education Select Committee today (Tuesday) in a session focused on children's social care, Frontline's chief executive Mary Jackson confirmed the government had chosen not to continue with the programme.
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