Skills England

Skills England is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education to work with partners to improve skill-sets for better jobs to enable growth and opportunity. In July 2024 the Prime Minister and Education Secretary made the announcement of the establishment of Skills England to transform opportunities and drive growth. The body aims to identify skills gaps in the economy and use its insight to improve provision so that people and businesses can access the right training, to drive forward Labour's Plan for Change and industrial strategy. The intention being for it to be established in two 6 months phases, being fully functional by July 2025.

Skills England has 3 main priorities: to understand the nation’s skills needs and improve the skills offer, to simplify access to skills and help boost economic growth and mobilise employers and other partners to co-create solutions to meet national, regional and local skills needs.

As an executive agency of DfE, staff are based at offices in Coventry, Darlington, London and a number of other locations throughout England. Key stakeholders include; industry and employers, regional partners, training providers, awarding bodies, trade unions and industrial bodies, other government departments and devolved administrations. Its responsibilities are:

• to inform the government mission for economic growth as an authority on current and future skills needs.
• To publish sector skills assessments with analysis of those needs
• To co-create and refine education and training products with employers and other partners, including occupational standards, apprenticeships and technical qualifications
• To advise the Department for Education (DfE) on how to best shape the growth and skills offer
• To participate in the Labour Market Evidence Group (LMEG) to gather and share evidence about the state of the workforce, focusing on sectors which rely on high levels of immigration
• To work with local and regional partners to use data and insight, including their local skills improvement plans, to develop solutions for tackling local labour market challenges and responding to national priorities.

For further information visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/skills-england

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