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Childhood Matters

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A future vision for the education system

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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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Devo, devo, devo…what’s in it...

As Spring elections approach, in the North East region we prepare for the birth of our next combined authority, the North...

Childhood really does matter in the...

It only feels like a few weeks ago when I was writing my first blog as ADCS Vice President, and here I am, twelve months...

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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