CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Fears over greater intervention

By Dan Peters | 17 February 2015

An ex-executive director of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has railed...

EDUCATION

Devon and Somerset make combined authority noises

13 February 2015

Devon and Somerset councils have signalled to the Government they could be interested in joining ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Adviser appointed to help turnaround children's services

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 February 2015

A new adviser has been appointed in Norfolk to work alongside the county council and the Governme...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

DfE rapped for internal review of Trojan Horse allegations

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2015

Birmingham City Council has criticised the Department for Education (DfE) for choosing to interna...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

True cost of education

03 February 2015

Failure to put teenagers on the right track at school or college costs the public purse £814m eac...

EDUCATION

NIACE alliance

03 February 2015

Lifelong learning body NIACE has forged a strategic alliance with not-for-profit company the Cent...

HEALTH

Why would any party want to win the next election?

By Michael Burton | 03 February 2015

Imagine if local authorities and their suppliers turned round to ministers after the financial se...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted announces new plans for inspection

By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2015

Schools will be inspected more often, but more quickly, under plans outlined by Ofsted today.

WHITEHALL

Watchdog slams DfE's light-touch for allowing schools failure to go undetected

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2015

Some schools are falling through the gaps and failing undetected because of confusion arising fro...

FINANCE

Tell Sid! How to solve the school places crisis

By Tim Byles | 28 January 2015

Tim Byles explains how councils can use the Social Infrastructure Development (SID) framework to ...

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Interim Chief Officer

£80,000 - £100,000 per annum dependent on experience

Premium jobWe are seeking an experienced and dynamic Interim Chief Officer to lead Tamar Crossings for a two-year period. Apply for this job

Tamar Crossings

Director of Children & Young People

£120,000 - £130,000

St Helens is a modernising Council which is passionate and ambitious for the children and families we support. Apply for this job

St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Head of Commercial and Contracts

Grade J, SCP48-51 (£58,327 - £61,853) per annum

With a large housing stock of c.28,000, Sandwell Council has a very strong commitment to improving the quality of existing stock Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council