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LOCAL LEADERSHIP / SHARED PLACE

A region is more
than its institutions.

Local authorities see the whole place: its communities, inequalities, services, employers, assets and ambitions. They could help turn North Staffs 14–25 from a learning proposition into a shared civic endeavour.

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WHY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS

Convenor. Commissioner.
Employer. Guardian of inclusion.

Councils can connect education with economic strategy, children’s services, SEND, public health, culture, transport, housing, regeneration and communities. Their role is not to run every part of the model, but to help the region see—and act—as one place.

PUBLIC PURPOSENeeds · priorities · assets · data
EVERY LEARNER KNOWNLearning · support · evidence · horizons
REGIONAL OPPORTUNITYProviders · employers · services · communities

THE CURRENT LOCAL LANDSCAPE

Different responsibilities.
One shared horizon.

These organisations have distinct statutory and place-leadership roles. The proposition should work across those boundaries while remaining adaptable as local government changes.

UNITARY AUTHORITY

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Education and children’s services, SEND, virtual school and care-leaver continuity, public health, employment, culture, regeneration and the city’s economic future.

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COUNTY AUTHORITY

Staffordshire County Council

Education and skills, SEND, children’s services, careers, adult and community learning, school-place planning and countywide evidence for Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Staffordshire Moorlands.

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BOROUGH AUTHORITY

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Place leadership, communities, economic development, culture, employers, regeneration and the conditions in which young people can belong and prosper.

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DISTRICT AUTHORITY

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Rural communities, business and tourism, regeneration, culture, access and the distinctive challenge of connecting opportunity across dispersed places.

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Important: inclusion on this page describes potential contribution; it does not imply endorsement or formal partnership. Local government reorganisation is developing, so the model is designed around enduring public responsibilities rather than fixed institutional boundaries.

CHALLENGES A PLACE CAN SET

Learn through the questions
the region must answer.

Local authorities hold real questions that demand knowledge, imagination, collaboration and public judgement. Properly designed, these can become rigorous local challenges—not simulations.

Healthy communitiesClean energy and retrofitTransport and accessTown-centre futuresHousing and belongingRural opportunityCulture and heritageCare and independenceClimate resilienceDigital inclusionPublic spacesLocal enterprise

WHAT CO-DESIGN WOULD ASK

Not “Will you support it?”
But “What can we build together?”

01

Which local priorities could become challenges?

Identify authentic questions with educational value and public relevance.

02

Which learners are least well served by current transitions?

Bring together education, SEND, care, youth, employment and community insight.

03

Which public assets could become learning environments?

Libraries, museums, parks, services, data, projects, workplaces and democratic spaces.

04

What evidence would justify further investment?

Agree baselines, outcomes, safeguards, costs and independent evaluation before scale.

A CIVIC INVITATION

Let the region become a learning system.

Local leadership can help ensure that opportunity is not confined to the best-connected learner, institution or postcode.

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