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OFSTED
Kent receives improvement notice for SEND failings
By Martin Ford | 06 April 2023
An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educa...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A focus on early and evidence-based SEND provision
By Halit Hulusi | 10 March 2023
Staffordshire CC is set to launch an enhanced Educational, Health Care Needs Assessment pathway t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Solving the SEND puzzle
By Steve Crocker | 07 March 2023
We must press Government to not lose sight of the key principles in the Schools White Paper if we...
EDUCATION
New SEND plan fails on 'fundamental' issues, say council leaders
By William Eichler | 02 March 2023
The Government’s new plan to help support children with special educational needs and disabilitie...
FINANCE
SEND advice service requires 'drastic' overhaul
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023
A special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) advice service has been savaged in an indepen...
EDUCATION
'Significant weaknesses' in two-thirds of SEND services
By Martin Ford | 18 November 2022
‘Significant weaknesses’ were found in more than two-thirds of services for children with special...
EDUCATION
Leader admits SEND report was 'uncomfortable reading'
By Martin Ford | 10 November 2022
Kent CC is at risk of Government intervention following a damning indictment of its provision for...
NATIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULT SERVICES CONFERENCE
Hope and resilience at NCAS
By Maggie Hennessy | 09 November 2022
It was heartening to see colleagues from across social care get together in Manchester after thre...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Five local actions on SEND
By Al Thompson | 31 October 2022
Councils shouldn’t wait for funding and legislation to improve the experiences and outcomes for c...
OFSTED
Devon slapped with improvement notice
By Martin Ford | 05 October 2022
The Government has imposed an improvement notice on Devon CC’s special educational needs and disa...
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Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
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£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
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