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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted chief counters 'smash and grab' claims
By Sam Clayden | 05 July 2017
Ofsted’s chief inspector has defended the watchdog’s approach and the impact of negative judgemen...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Power for good in an uncertain world
By Sam Clayden | 05 July 2017
Six months into her term as Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman speaks about the watchdog’s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted criticises Reading for slow improvement
By Mark Conrad | 30 June 2017
Reading BC is failing to improve its services to children and young people quickly enough, inspec...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A matter of trust
By Sam Clayden | 14 June 2017
Steve Crocker and Chris Whitehouse explain how the Isle of Wight, through its partnership with ne...
WHITEHALL
Time for some new school thinking?
By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017
At a recent The MJ round table, council chief executives and senior managers met to discuss the r...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted ratings need improvement
By Sam Clayden | 14 June 2017
A children’s services troubleshooter has questioned Ofsted’s rating system, claiming the ‘require...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Inadequate rating for Gloucestershire
By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 June 2017
Gloucestershire CC children’s services has been rated inadequate by Ofsted in a report that highl...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Gloucestershire leadership questioned in Ofsted report
By Hiba Mahamadi | 13 June 2017
Gloucestershire CC children’s services has been rated inadequate by Ofsted in a report that highl...
OFSTED
Education storm brewing
06 June 2017
Since Diary last wrote about cult film Sharknado back in 2013, there have been four more movies i...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Solid progress
By Dan Peters | 10 May 2017
Dave Hill talks about improvement in children’s services and his role as a commissioner in the Go...
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Director of Highways and Transport
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£50,269 - £52,413 *
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- Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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