Public sector
Education
“Capita Children’s Services was the only company to offer us a system that
reflected the standards we wanted to achieve in terms of caring for the 130,000
children in our area.”
Roger Green, Head of Service, Information Sharing and OneVision, Cambridgeshire
County Council
“The information we hold in SIMS helps us not onlyto monitor and provide appropriate
support for the children, but also to engage with parents in a more detailed and
meaningful way.”
Harry Weightman, Headteacher, Easington Colliery Primary School
Market position
Education currently accounts for 12% of Group revenues.
We have built a strong presence across the market, delivering a wide range of services.
Capita has over 20 years’ experience of helping schools and local authorities
increase efficiency and improve performance through expert resources and support,
ICT, specialist software and information management systems and property consultancy.
Our aim is to help raise efficiency and reduce the administration burden so educationalists
can concentrate on improving the quality of education.
The market continues to evolve rapidly, driven by constant technological, economic
and political change. Across central government, local authorities, schools and
further education establishments, we aim to maintain our position as a reliable,
knowledgeable and innovative partner. Most establishments use one or more of our
services and we deliver core administration services to the Department for Children,
Schools and Families (DCSF).
There is considerable opportunity to continue strengthening and broadening our relationships.
Following the end of the National Strategies programme in 2011, the Government intends
to develop an ‘assured suppliers’ market for improvement support to
schools. Under this scheme, selected suppliers will be quality assured and accredited
by the DCSF. Capita is in a good position to develop a strong presence in this market.
- Considerable pressure on many local authorities and education establishments to
improve their business processes and introduce efficiencies
- Continual requirement to respond quickly and adequately to changing legislation
and Government initiatives
- Need to deliver effectively against the wider Children’s Services agenda
- Need to track and support shared learning across multiple education establishments
- The Building Schools for the Future programme, designed to create an improved, inspiring
and more flexible learning environment
- Need to exploit technology for effective administration and learning
- Need to reduce bureaucracy, enhance assessment, improve financial management and
improve outcomes for all learners.