As of 1 September 2025, all statutory education functions previously performed on behalf of Liverpool City Council (LCC) by SIL have now returned to LCC.

Services returned are: 

  1. Apprenticeship Levy
  2. Attendance (Education Welfare)  
  3. Children Missing in Education
  4. CLEAPPS and Radiation Protection
  5. Complaints
  6. Curriculum    
  7. Educational Visits
  8. Elective Home Education 
  9. Finance (statutory elements)
  10. Head Teacher Appointments
  11. HR (statutory elements)
  12. SACRE
  13. Safeguarding – S175 Audit
  14. Schools Causing Concern
  15. School Governance
  16. Statutory Assessments


Please download the Statutory Education Functions Transfer Update (September 2025) for an overview of LCC’s contact details, as well as any further information on how to access systems or complete tasks.

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SIL will now focus solely on providing educational services through its established traded model and will remain an LCC-owned company, as it has been since 2014.  
 

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