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Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Why imperfection is perfection

By Ian Thomas | 30 May 2023

Keynote speaker and awards compère at the recent PPMA conference Ian Thomas says making mistakes ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Achieving great things for Kingston

By Ian Thomas | 11 January 2022

Kingston RLBC won the senior leadership team of the year category of The MJ Awards 2021. Great st...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rebooting our sector

By Katherine Fairclough | 06 October 2020

Solace’s week of virtual learning Reflect.Reset.Re-imagine has begun. Here, three Solace spokesp...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Often the answers lie within the communities we serve

By Ian Thomas | 20 March 2020

These are early days for COVID-19 and there is much more to do, says Ian Thomas as he outlines ho...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Demand led, resource constrained: SEND is broken

By Ian Thomas | 17 February 2020

Outraged at the Government's call for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities financial recove...

FINANCE

'A paradigm shift is what is required'

By Ian Thomas | 29 October 2019

The unintended consequences of the 2014 SEND reforms are starting to impact on the viability of m...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Appointment panels hold unconscious bias

By Ian Thomas | 21 August 2018

Ian Thomas demands proportionate positive action to increase diversity in leadership positions.

FINANCE

A critical time for children's services

By Jenny Coles | 10 October 2017

Alison Michalska explains the urgent need for government action and national attention on the sta...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We're moving in the right direction

By Ian Thomas | 22 March 2017

Ian Thomas explains how Rotherham MBC has made progress two years into its five-year transformati...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Acting early for the parents of tomorrow

By Ian Thomas | 24 January 2017

Intervening early to support children’s life chances has been largely absent from national debate...

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