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FINANCE
Chief slams 'unrealistic world' of Ofsted probes
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2017
A top chief executive has broken cover to warn that children’s services are ‘struggling to keep t...
FINANCE
County to look at withdrawing from child asylum scheme
By Jamie Hailstone | 17 January 2017
Dorset CC is to discuss withdrawing from a voluntary government scheme to resettle unaccompanied ...
FINANCE
Birmingham City Council favours council-owned children's trust
By Sam Clayden | 17 January 2017
Birmingham City Council has mooted retaining ownership of its children’s services trust despite o...
FINANCE
Chiefs warn school reforms not 'way forward'
By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2017
Council chief executives have warned that Holyrood plans to reform the way schools are run are no...
FINANCE
Finance warning over schools shift
By Jamie Hailstone | 09 January 2017
Plans to take schools out of local authority control in Scotland could ‘expose them to great fina...
WHITEHALL
Improvement budget cut 'risks vital work'
By William Eichler | 03 January 2017
Whitehall risks undermining council-maintained schools by dramatically cutting their improvement ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council apologises for historic child abuse
By William Eichler | 16 December 2016
Lambeth LBC has apologised and paid out tens of millions of pounds after a report revealed childr...
FINANCE
Pressure pushes Holyrood into schools funding U-turn
By William Eichler | 16 December 2016
Pressure from local government has pushed Holyrood into a major U-turn on plans to grab £100m of ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Department for Education 'must intervene earlier' in failing child protection
By Laura Sharman | 16 December 2016
The Government has been accused by MPs of being too slow to improve child protection services.
WHITEHALL
Call for earlier intervention in council schools
By William Eichler | 14 December 2016
Central government should intervene earlier and more often in local authorities when it has finan...
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Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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