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The Role of Sector Led Improvement...
In a rapidly changing world, the concept of improvement has taken centre stage. From personal development to service growth, the idea of constant...
Read MoreAttendance is everyone's business
This week, students up and down the country have been returning to school, or beginning at their new school after a well deserved summer holiday,...
Read MoreTalking must now lead to plan of...
I’m writing this blog before I’m due to go on holiday and hoping the fiasco with the air traffic control fault is resolved soon so we can get...
Read MoreReflections from the North West
I write this having recently been talking with my team about a very difficult placement sufficiency ‘market’ (how we come to use the language...
Read MoreEvery summer has its own story
As I write this blog in a local café, the radio announces that 15 asylum-seekers have boarded the barge in Portland. There’s a sign by the...
Read MoreUnaccompanied asylum seeking...
The privilege of being a member of ADCS, a member of our Council of Reference and the chair of the ADCS Migrant Families Taskforce means that I...
Read MoreCogs in the machine
As August and holiday season arrive (and allegedly some warmer weather), our colleagues at Ofsted tend not to be focused on inspections (although...
Read MorePlease mind the (mental health) gap
Cast your mind back to January 2021, the country is in its third and most miserable lockdown, schools are closed to the majority of children...
Read MoreLessons in life
At the end of this month, I will be moving from my familiar surroundings of the West Midlands to the North West where I am taking on my new role...
Read MoreFeeling energised after the ADCS...
I’m writing this blog just a few days after returning from the ADCS Annual Conference in Manchester. This is always a key event in the year...
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