West Midlands Priorities...

West Midlands Priorities Roadmap

In Improvement

Comment on the use of data in...

Comment on the use of data in children’s social care

In General

Regional Improvement and...

There has long been a strong commitment amongst local authority...

In Improvement

Comment: PAC report on...

ADCS response to the Public Accounts Committee report on children’s...

In General

What’s the purpose of...

What’s the purpose of auditing casework? I have been pondering this for a...

In General

Reflections on a year in...

To all those colleagues who have worked or are currently working in...

In Inspection & Improvement

Directory of Support - NW ADCS

​NWADCS Directory of Support

In Improvement

Secrets to a good peer...

The secret to a good peer review is a great team. In any review there’s...

In Inspection & Improvement

Getting behind SLI

As in all other regions the North East ADCS group has been investing...

In Inspection & Improvement

Birmingham Children’s Trust:...

I write this on what is my third day outside of the local authority family...

In General

The year ahead…

I want to start the first blog of 2018 by wishing you all a very Happy New...

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ADCS Annual Conference

Last week the Association held its annual conference in Manchester. This...

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Six New Opportunity Areas -...

Comment on the launch of six new ‘opportunity areas’

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Symptoms or Causes?

I was in a fascinating conversation with a policy type this week,...

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Comment on HMCI Comments at...

Comment on Sir Michael Wilshaw’s comments.

In General Inspection