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Childhood Matters

Childhood Matters acts as an update to the Association’s 2017 policy paper, A country that works for all children.

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A piece of cake

Ofsted has just launched its Big Listen as it seeks views from the sector, parents, carers and children and young people. It...

IN THE MEDIA

This is not a slow burning threat

The MJ: In 2017 the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) published A country that works for all children...

Children’s services leaders in England call for national ‘plan for childhood’

The Guardian: Children’s services leaders have called for a national “plan for childhood” to transform the health, emotional wellbeing and life chances of a generation of youngsters scarred by austerity and the pandemic.

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