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Addressing delegates at the National Children and Adult Services Conference in...
John Pearce responds to LGA research on the cost of children’s social care...
Helen Lincoln comments on the HMI of Prisons report Children in Custody 2022/23
Early years policy has been a focus for all recent governments, however,...
Andy Smith comments in Community Care on supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking...
Poor mental health and wellbeing can have a lasting impact on children and young...
Steve Crocker responds to new funding announced for school buildings and places
ADCS responds to the House of Lords report on the Children and Families Act 2014
The 2014 SEND reforms were ambitious, rightly raising expectations and extended...
Steve Crocker comments on research by the Uni of Oxford on children’s homes...
I was recently struck by a report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
Over the past year ADCS members have spoken about the opportunities arising from...
Responding to the findings of a survey by Community Care on the cost of living...
ADCS response to Cabinet Office consultation on reforming ethnicity facts and...
Steve Crocker responds to the written ministerial statement confirming that the...
ADCS response to the Competition and Markets Authority children’s social care...
Comment on the importance of anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, responds to the SEND and AP green paper
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, comments on a survey led by the University of...
Commenting on FOI request findings in relation to referrals to children’s...
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, comments on the OCC report on attendance data
Matt Dunkley, Chair of the ADCS Resources and Sustainability Policy Committee,...
Sara Tough comments on FOI request findings on the use of international...
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, responds to the Levelling Up White Paper
Commenting on the Children’s Commissioner’s report, ADCS Vice President...
Edwina Grant OBE Chair of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy...
Responding to reforms to how local authorities’ school improvement functions...
Comment on child protection and the Secretary of State for Education’s...
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, comments on proposals to create a national...
Charlotte Ramsden comments on the resettlement of Afghan refugees and the work...
Matt Dunkley, Chair of the ADCS Resources and Sustainability Policy Committee,...
“No child must be left behind in recovery as we move “cautiously but...
Commenting on the announcement of a new National Transfer Scheme, ADCS President...
The bite of austerity and the impact of poverty has long been felt in the North...
Today, Thursday 22 April, Association of Directors of Children’s Services,...
During the first few months of the pandemic all of us managed to adapt and...
Commenting on UASC arrivals and age assessments, ADCS Vice President Charlotte...
Due to its unfamiliarity and unpredictability, the pandemic is clearly a...
The latest available statistics, which pre-date the pandemic, show that 4.5...
Commenting on the latest findings of the Department for Education’s Vulnerable...
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) today, publishes...
Commenting on the Court of Appeal Judgement on flexibilities afforded to...
ADCS President Jenny Coles said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has forced all...
Responding to the Department for Education’s Vulnerable Children and Young...
Commenting on the Children’s Commissioner’s reports on the care system, ADCS...
Commenting on Ofsted’s ‘Matching in foster care’ report, Edwina Grant,...
Commenting on the government’s announcement of a Covid Winter Grant Scheme and...
Jenny Coles, ADCS President, said: “Local authorities and their partners...
Commenting on the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme Round 2 Final...
The bite of austerity and the impact of poverty has long been felt in the North...
Despite us being one of the richest economies in the world, widening...
EU Settlement Scheme - Local Authority & Health and Social Care Trust...
Update of an ongoing example of region’s increasingly integrated and...
Changing the Narrative About the Care System: Views from Children and Young...
Statutory Guidance on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Director of...
Addressing delegates at the National Children and Adult Services Conference in...
John Pearce responds to LGA research on the cost of children’s social care...
Helen Lincoln comments on the HMI of Prisons report Children in Custody 2022/23
Early years policy has been a focus for all recent governments, however,...
Andy Smith comments in Community Care on supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking...
Poor mental health and wellbeing can have a lasting impact on children and young...
Steve Crocker responds to new funding announced for school buildings and places
ADCS responds to the House of Lords report on the Children and Families Act 2014
The 2014 SEND reforms were ambitious, rightly raising expectations and extended...
Steve Crocker comments on research by the Uni of Oxford on children’s homes...
I was recently struck by a report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
Over the past year ADCS members have spoken about the opportunities arising from...
Responding to the findings of a survey by Community Care on the cost of living...
Steve Crocker responds to the written ministerial statement confirming that the...
Comment on the importance of anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, responds to the SEND and AP green paper
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, comments on a survey led by the University of...
Commenting on FOI request findings in relation to referrals to children’s...
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, comments on the OCC report on attendance data
Matt Dunkley, Chair of the ADCS Resources and Sustainability Policy Committee,...
Sara Tough comments on FOI request findings on the use of international...
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, responds to the Levelling Up White Paper
Commenting on the Children’s Commissioner’s report, ADCS Vice President...
Edwina Grant OBE Chair of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy...
Responding to reforms to how local authorities’ school improvement functions...
Comment on child protection and the Secretary of State for Education’s...
Charlotte Ramsden, ADCS President, comments on proposals to create a national...
Charlotte Ramsden comments on the resettlement of Afghan refugees and the work...
Matt Dunkley, Chair of the ADCS Resources and Sustainability Policy Committee,...
“No child must be left behind in recovery as we move “cautiously but...
Commenting on the announcement of a new National Transfer Scheme, ADCS President...
Today, Thursday 22 April, Association of Directors of Children’s Services,...
During the first few months of the pandemic all of us managed to adapt and...
Commenting on UASC arrivals and age assessments, ADCS Vice President Charlotte...
Due to its unfamiliarity and unpredictability, the pandemic is clearly a...
The latest available statistics, which pre-date the pandemic, show that 4.5...
Commenting on the latest findings of the Department for Education’s Vulnerable...
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) today, publishes...
Commenting on the Court of Appeal Judgement on flexibilities afforded to...
ADCS President Jenny Coles said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has forced all...
Responding to the Department for Education’s Vulnerable Children and Young...
Commenting on the Children’s Commissioner’s reports on the care system, ADCS...
Commenting on Ofsted’s ‘Matching in foster care’ report, Edwina Grant,...
Commenting on the government’s announcement of a Covid Winter Grant Scheme and...
Jenny Coles, ADCS President, said: “Local authorities and their partners...
Commenting on the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme Round 2 Final...
Addressing delegates at the virtual National Children and Adult Services...
Over four million children in the UK live in poverty (many from working...
The concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) originated in America over...
ADCS President, Jenny Coles responds to Department for Education’s Vulnerable...
Jenny Coles responds to the LGA report on ‘A child-centred recovery’
Charlotte Ramsden comments on a report by the Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship...
Jenny Coles responds to the OCC report on the use of unregulated settings
ADCS response to Cabinet Office consultation on reforming ethnicity facts and...
ADCS response to the Competition and Markets Authority children’s social care...
ADCS response to consultation on changes to statutory youth work guidance
In an increasingly autonomous and diverse education and children’s services...
Steve Crocker responds to the written ministerial statement confirming that the...
“No child must be left behind in recovery as we move “cautiously but...
Rachel Dickinson’s Presidential Address to the 2019 ADCS Annual Conference...
Stuart Gallimore’s Presidential address at the 2018 National Children and...
Speech from Minister of State for Children and Families, Robert Goodwill.
Alison Michalska speech at A country that works for all children session
Dave Hill’s Presidential speech to the National Children and Adult Serviecs...
ADCS President, Alison O’Sullivan’s speech to the 2015 National Children...
Reason has published research governance resources, which have been endorsed by...
The 2014 SEND reforms were ambitious, rightly raising expectations and extended...