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Countdown Issue 1034
This week I wrote to Gavin Williamson about the latest AEB procurement debacle after receiving a deeply unsatisfactory reply from Eileen Milner at the ESFA. I am sure that you will be as disappointed as me to learn that the agency’s view is that “a delay was reasonably foreseeable and providers usually put contingency arrangements in place”. This arrived at the same time as long-established AEB providers were emailing to say that they were suddenly having to make loyal and committed staff
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Countdown Issue 1033
My thanks to members who have already responded to my email on Wednesday (see item below) about the outcome of the non-devolved AEB procurement. As you can see, I have written to Eileen Milner at the ESFA, and your frontline experiences are always powerful evidence to use when we tackle the DfE and others in trying to resolve things. Apologies that we cannot respond directly to everyone, but please be assured we are reading and logging everything – feel free to use the email address below to
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