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The Learning and Skills Council ceases to exist from April 2010, when responsibility for providing education and training for 16- to 19-year-olds passes to local authorities. They will control education for young people from birth to 19, and for 19- to 25-year-olds with a learning difficulty, disability or in custody.
Local Authorities
From April 2010, local authorities will plan and commission education and training provision to meet local needs.
This will involve councils negotiating with colleges and learning providers, working through local children's trusts and 14 to 19 partnerships.
Already, local authorities are clustered together into 43 sub-regional planning groups, which have chosen to work together based on student's travel-to-learn patterns. These sub-regional planning groups will liaise on how best to serve learners in their area.
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