Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Education
Education
Education
85 - Education

500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
23 November 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

There are to be 500 job losses in a cost-cutting drive at the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).

The English education watchdog has confirmed that to find savings of 20% it would be closing a number of regional offices.

Staff numbers in the watchdog's central London headquarters would also be cut by 30% over the next two years.


Sources

  • 23 November 2004: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2004), OFSTED, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60797, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60797.