The National School of Government (previously known as the Civil Service College and the Centre for Management and Policy Studies, or CMPS) was the part of the
Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objecti ...
that ran training, organisational development and consultancy courses for
UK civil servants and private individual learners. It was mostly based at
Sunningdale Park
Sunningdale Park is a country estate centred around a property known as Northcote House in Sunningdale, Berkshire.
History
The house is thought to have been built by James Wyatt, almost certainly for James William Steuart, a farmer, in around ...
, near
Ascot in
Berkshire
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, but had other centres on Belgrave Road in
London
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, and later in
Edinburgh
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.
History
The Civil Service College was established at
Sunningdale Park
Sunningdale Park is a country estate centred around a property known as Northcote House in Sunningdale, Berkshire.
History
The house is thought to have been built by James Wyatt, almost certainly for James William Steuart, a farmer, in around ...
in June 1970. 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. Very few of its main functions have been taken on by a new body,
Civil Service Learning, which is part of the
Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objecti ...
.
Civil Service Learning - Gov.UK
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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."
See also
*Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objecti ...
*Civil Service (United Kingdom)
His Majesty's Home Civil Service, also known as His Majesty's Civil Service, the Home Civil Service, or colloquially as the Civil Service is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports His Majesty's Government, which ...
References
External links
National School of GovernmentNational School of Government, Sunningdale Institute
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Civil service colleges
Further education colleges in Berkshire
Civil Service (United Kingdom)
Education in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom
Cabinet Office (United Kingdom)
2012 disestablishments in the United Kingdom