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School teachers' pay 2026/27 and 2027/28

This page brings together all the information you will need in relation to school teachers’ pay in 2026/27, 27/28 and 28/29. The LGA provides the secretariat for NEOST (National Employers Organisation for School Teachers).

HICM: Intermediate Care: West Sussex

Colleagues in West Sussex were experiencing high demand for long-term adult social care services, needs becoming more complex, and continued financial pressures. Action was taken to strengthen reablement as a core intervention, promoting independence and managing long term care demand. The Community Reablement Service was recommissioned, with approximately £0.72m additional investment. 

Case Study

Making Safeguarding Personal development

MSP activity from 2012/13 includes the ‘temperature check’, an assessment of the progress of MSP in local areas in 2015 -17, alongside recommendations on embedding MSP, with many examples of good practice.

Good quality care and support

It is important that local services and support are developed that are of a good quality. They should meet the needs of people from that area now and in the future.

Co-production and personalisation

Approaches that make sure people have choice and control over the way their care and support is planned and delivered and that everyone is working together as equals.

Local practice

Local practice and approaches that are focused on improving services and support for people, enabling the, to live good lives in the community.