Children-s-services - Page 157

21 June 2016

Hammersmith & Fulham LBC has pledged to fight Whitehall attempts to cut school funding and redist...

EDUCATION

'Let top authorities form MATs'

By Sam Clayden | 21 June 2016

High-performing local authorities should not be cut out of forming multi-academy trusts (MAT), tw...

EDUCATION

Locking out council expertise from schools?

By John O’Brien | 21 June 2016

John O'Brien says local government must ensure improvement in education, no matter who is respons...

FINANCE

A better result for health?

By Sam Clayden | 21 June 2016

With health and social care integration high on the local government agenda, Dan Peters and Sam C...

SOCIAL CARE

A focus on social workers

By Chris Squire | 15 June 2016

After inspectors rated Somerset’s children’s services ‘inadequate’, the county council focused it...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Shift to trusts predicted amid Sandwell move

15 June 2016

The Government is actively encouraging councils to consider alternative delivery models for their...

WHITEHALL

Ofqual chair's move to Ofsted raises 'impartiality' questions

By Sam Clayden | 14 June 2016

Teachers' unions have blasted the appointment of Ofqual chair Amanda Spielman as the next Ofsted ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Proposed law 'could strip councils of children's social care'

By William Eichler | 14 June 2016

Hundreds of local authority duties to young people could be removed as the Government seeks to ‘r...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'Missed opportunities' in baby's death

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 June 2016

Newcastle City Council has admitted there were ‘missed opportunities’ in the wake of a review int...

WHITEHALL

Trust option on the table for Sandwell

By William Eichler | 10 June 2016

Children’s social care services at Sandwell MBC could be transferred to a voluntary trust after t...

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