[senco-forum] Can anyone define this term please?

Reading an LEA report today I came across the term "Traded Service". (The

> Reading an LEA report today I came across the term "Traded Service".  (The
report was from a Learning Support LEA Service). Can anyone explain what
this means as it is a new term to me...<

I hadn't come across the term either, Lindsay, but the Bristol Children &
Young People's Service has posted a document at

http://www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/services/lss/lss.html

where they explain how their service "has both a core and a traded arm". The
core service is free, while the traded service "offers a range of specialism
and expertise and can be purchased either through an annual buy back system
or buy the day".

Other LA documents reveal a similar use of the term, whereby a school has to
take out a per-pupil subscription to an external service, such as a library
service. So I guess a traded service simply means a service that has to
recoup its costs by charging a fee.

Hope this helps.

David Wilson
Harton Technology College, South Shields
http://www.specialeducationalneeds.com/