CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Boosting children's future life chances

By Steve Crocker | 29 August 2022

There has been virtually no change in the disadvantage gap at GCSE level over the past 20 years. ...

EDUCATION

How many hats?

By Martin Samuels | 03 August 2022

Martin Samuels considers the advantages of having one director combining the children’s services ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Reset and renew

By Steve Crocker | 19 July 2022

Steve Crocker outlines the major challenges facing children’s services – getting the right staff ...

SOCIAL CARE

ADCS conference: Whitehall examining private sector 'profiteering'

By Martin Ford | 08 July 2022

Civil servants are looking at ways of tackling exploitation of the social care sector by private ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

ADCS conference: Abuse hampering recruitment of children's service directors

By Martin Ford | 08 July 2022

‘Public disapprobation and abuse’ is preventing children’s services staff from filling director r...

OFSTED

ADCS conference: Ofsted concerns over residential provision

By Martin Ford | 08 July 2022

Residential provision for children tops the concerns of Ofsted’s national director for regulation...

EDUCATION

ADCS conference: SEND reforms will fail to fix finances

By Martin Ford | 07 July 2022

Proposed reforms to support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) w...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Care recruitment 'car crash' warning

By Michael Burton | 30 June 2022

Ministers have been warned of an impending ‘car crash’ in care recruitment due to the numbers of ...

EDUCATION

We need a national plan for children

By Steve Crocker | 07 June 2022

Steve Crocker says we have a chance to create a more holistic system to achieve a country that wo...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Future Forum: Need to reduce rising child care numbers

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2022

The local government sector needs to bring down the increasing numbers of children in care, the i...

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