National School of Government

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National School of Government
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Agency overview
Dissolved31 March 2012
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
HeadquartersSunningdale Park, Larch Avenue, Ascot, SL5 0QE
Employees232
Annual budget£31.3 million (2008–09) [1]
Agency executive
  • Rod Clark, Principal and Chief Executive
Website www.gov.uk/government/organisations/national-school-of-government

The National School of Government (previously known as the Civil Service College and the Centre for Management and Policy Studies, or CMPS) [2] was the part of the Cabinet Office that ran training, organisational development and consultancy courses for UK civil servants and private individual learners. It was mostly based at Sunningdale Park, near Ascot in Berkshire, but had other centres on Belgrave Road in London, and later in Edinburgh.

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History

The Civil Service College was established at Sunningdale Park in June 1970. [3] It evolved to become the National School of Government which also managed Sunningdale Institute – a virtual academy of leading thinkers on management, organisation and governance.

The National School of Government closed on 31 March 2012, with only a few of its main functions being taken on by a new body, Civil Service Learning, which is part of the Cabinet Office. [4]

In 2021, it was announced by the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit (GSCU) that the Government Campus will be formed, to unite all government training, whether provided centrally, or designed and delivered by professions, functions, and departments.

Sunningdale Institute

The Sunningdale Institute was an academy managed by the National School of Government, described as "a virtual academy of leading thinkers on management, organisation and governance."

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References

  1. National School of Government Annual Report 2008-2009 (PDF), National School of Government, 8 July 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2010, retrieved 18 December 2010
  2. About us, National School of Government, accessed 10 December 2007 Archived November 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Civil Service College". National Archives. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. Civil Service Learning - Gov.UK

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