The NTOs are being replaced by a smaller number of larger Sector Skills Councils, which will also be UK-wide. A bid for one for the early years submitted by the Council for Awards in Childcare and Education (CACHE), the parent body of the Early Years NTO, was rejected last December.
The Department for Education and Skills in Westminster funded a consultant's report on ways forward for the early years, which included submitting a joint bid in partnership with SPRITO, the training organisation for sports and recreation, including playwork, or TOPSS, the Training Organisation for Personal and Social Services.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Social Services Council has submitted a joint bid with TOPSS in England, the Northern Ireland Care Council and the Care Council for Wales, to create a UK-wide sector skills council for care. The functions of TOPSS in Scotland were taken over by the Scottish Social Services Council when it was formally established in October 2001.
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