Below are a couple of quotes from the longer press release. Amongst others, AET may outsource finance and data staff too.
AET said: 'Our Notice makes it clear that we are not looking to “privatise key frontline services in schools”. Our aim is to seek a partner, from the public, private or charity sector, who will bring additional expertise, experience and investment to strengthen what we do. We will keep control of any arrangements. We have not decided on the legal structure for any joint venture, although we are actively considering a legal partnership rather than a separate company.
'We received 26 enquiries for information, which resulted in 7 organisations and groups of organisations submitting the first stage of the process. We have considered these submissions but have yet to invite any organisations to move to the next stage. If we do go forward we could identify a partner by the end of May this year with arrangements starting for September 2014 at the earliest. We will keep staff updated as we progress.'
We have included all support services in our Notice as this allows us to keep an open mind in discussions. The services that could be included are some or all of:
- Facilities management
- Finance
- HR
- Data
- ICT
- Business development
- School support such as library, education psychology, education welfare and speech and language
- Leisure services
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