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NCAS Conference: three key issues for children’s sector

    Analysis
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
Children’s services leaders recently gathered in Bournemouth for the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) 2023, against a backdrop of increasing rates of vulnerability among children and dwindling finances for local authorities.

Improving the Effectiveness of Virtual Schools

On average, looked-after children do less well at school than their peers with marked differences in educational outcomes between local authority areas. Virtual schools are local authority teams that support the learning of children in care. This study by the University of Exeter, University of Oxford and the National Association of Virtual School Heads (NAVSH) set out to explore the effectiveness of virtual schools and how this could be improved.

Tackling false economies in child services

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2024
  • | CYP Now
I am writing this while rushing to finish work before going on holiday. I know this is a false economy because most things can wait until I’m back, when I’m refreshed; when I will do them better and quicker.

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