by Libby Caulfield | Apr 26, 2023 | Education and inclusion
Yesterday’s Westminster Education Forum was concerned with the next steps for alternative provision in England. The Department for Education has released the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan which proposes reforms for the SEND system to address poor...
by Libby Caulfield | Mar 28, 2023 | Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
Funding isn’t enough – we need a sustainable plan for improving children and young peoples’ experience of school. This week a headline grabbed my attention on the BBC News website: Overcrowded specialist schools: ‘We’re teaching in cupboards’. Parents and...
by Martin Ellender | Dec 19, 2022 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation, Place
We’ve collated hundreds of savings proposals from our clients – six of them can be actioned quickly and sustainably Despite some additional short-term wriggle room provided by the Autumn statement our clients’ medium-term financial positions still range...
by Chloe Williams | Dec 14, 2022 | Being IMPOWER, Education and inclusion
Find out who has inspired me this year…. My hero of the year is Claire Merchant-Jones. Claire oversees the work of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) service in Somerset. This service supports the 4000 children in Somerset who have an...
by Mark Owers | Nov 22, 2022 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
We need a better understanding of needs, spend and outcomes, and what that tells us about the state of local delivery, and the system as a whole. I attended the National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC22) earlier this month in my new role as advisor to...
by Dominic Luscombe | Nov 14, 2022 | Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health
At the conference there were some impressive examples of courageous local leadership, and some clear reasons to be hopeful. My colleagues and I recently joined system leaders within adults and children’s services for the annual National Children’s and Adult Services...
