by Libby Caulfield | Apr 29, 2024 | Place
Home to School Travel is making headlines in the mainstream media this year – particularly journeys for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In March, the BBC reported that the cost of school transport for SEND children in...
by Zoe Appleton | Dec 19, 2023 | Children's social care, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
For the first time, this data provides an in-depth picture and breakdown of the needs of England’s care population, the connection with cost, and the impact of care on children and young people over time. On Friday DfE published an update on its Children’s Social Care...
by Jeremy Cooper | Nov 27, 2023 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Health and NHS improvements, High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
As lead sponsor for the event, find out what we are doing at this year’s National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC). It’s that time of the year again; time for the largest gathering of social care leaders at the National Children and Adult Services...
by Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE | Nov 22, 2023 | Being IMPOWER, High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
A new way of working that enables me to support the High Needs system across the UK. Until recently, I was Director of Learning, Inclusion and Skills at Derby City Council, leading its High Needs Transformation Programme with IMPOWER. Today, I’m working with IMPOWER...
by Alastair Thompson | Aug 30, 2023 | High Needs and children's education
Working alongside three other partners, IMPOWER will provide support to the Department for Education and the local areas involved – helping to plan, design and test reforms outlined in the Government’s SEND & AP Improvement Plan. The Department for Education...
