Birmingham City Council has announced that it has appointed Bernadette McNally as Executive Director of Children’s Services. Ms McNally is currently executive director of social services at the Belfast Health
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Ofsted have found Buckinghamshire County Council’s children’s services to be ‘inadequate’ in a new inspection report published on Friday. The inspectors found performance unsatisfactory in leadership, management and the way
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How life has changed for the thousands of Scottish children in care will be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee when it hears evidence from care leavers
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The Department for Education’s proposal that for-profit companies could provide child protection services and other statutory functions for families caused a major public uproar this spring – and the furore
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A drive to stop children going into care across Worcestershire is kicking off – amid hopes a shock 22 per cent rise can be slowed down. Worcestershire County Council has
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Haringey Council’s children’s services department is making progress but still “requires improvement” according to a new inspection report from Ofsted. Giving an overall rating of “requires improvement”, the government inspectorate
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Slough Borough Council (SBC) will be stripped of its children’s social services after independent report into failings was published yesterday. The Government has confirmed it proposes to strip the council
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The Care Inspectorate has served a formal improvement notice on an Aberdeen nursery and it must now demonstrate significant improvement or face further action. The notice follows an inspection at
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The Children’s Commissioner for Wales has demanded immediate action to give every child in care a voice. In a major report published today, ‘Missing Voices: Right to be Heard’ revealed,
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A legal challenge to Government plans to appoint a named guardian for every child in Scotland has been formally lodged in court. MSPs approved legislation earlier this year which will
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