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Like the Tokyo Olympics, Wimbledon and Glastonbury, the pandemic delayed another major event in our diaries, the publication of the seventh iteration of our Safeguarding Pressures research.

The joy of spring

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Monday, April 26, 2021

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It’s a running joke that the government’s seasons don’t necessarily tally with the standard pattern that we’re all accustomed to.

As Lincolnshire has been selected as one of the authorities to receive a joint Ofsted and CQC thematic review of Alternative Provision (AP), I thought I would use this blog as an opportunity to reflect on some of the challenges we are facing as a sector whilst delivering our duties in a changing education environment.

We see you…

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Monday, January 17, 2022

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I’m not sure what the collective noun for DCSs is; an exhaustion, a wisdom, a confusion, a compassion, or perhaps it’s a “solidarity of DCSs”.

The need for a system fuelled by love

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Monday, February 28, 2022

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Rather unusually for me I have been doing some reading this week (of things other than emails).

Receiving the baton at full pace

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

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By the time that you read this, the machinery of ADCS will have worked its magic and the baton that Charlotte handed over to me in her last blog will be firmly gripped in my paws.

What’s on the horizon?

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Monday, January 9, 2023

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Happy New Year to all and hope you had a good holiday period. Let’s hope this year brings a resolution to some of the long-standing issues that we have been grappling with and also a sense of calm.

Turning the corner on improvement

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Monday, January 30, 2023

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I can’t believe it’s that time of year again for my blog. I always start January in quite reflective a mood, thinking about the past year and the one ahead.