The future delivery of Barnet's Education and Skills service

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We asked

We asked residents to give us their views on potential options for the future delivery of the council's Education and Skills service. A separate consultation was conducted with schools as well as three parent focus groups. The resident survey asked for views on the proposed vision and aims for education in Barnet, on the services to be provided by any new model, on the evaluation criteria for assessing the options and on the four proposed models for providing the education support services.

You said

Of the 123 responses received, the majority agreed with the proposed vision (92%) and aims (86%) for education in Barnet. The evaluation criteria of particular importance were the need to 'preserve or improve service delivery in key service areas' and be 'able to engage with and build trust with all key stakeholders'. The in-house model received the most support (75%) and residents felt it very important (58%) or important (22%) that schools were involved in the running of services.

We did

As a result of what you told us, the models were evaluated against the criteria within the survey and the resident preference for the in-house model is reflected in the scoring. Some key themes emerged as important to residents (e.g. the potential profit motive of a partner organisation and the role of schools in a new delivery model) and a response to each theme is detailed in the report to CELS committee on 12th January 2015. These themes will help inform and shape the next stage.