This report looks at the action being taken by local authority children’s services to address performance issues on adoption and permanence, including increasing the number......
05 September, 2013
This think piece,written by VSC associate Anna Wright, focuses on the way in which community development can be used to build resilience in communities so......
02 October, 2013By the age of seven, children are already facing limits on their future aspirations in work, according to a report from the OECD international economics......
03 December, 2019
The Children and Families Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 4 February, is a major piece of legislation (“huge and important”, as one......
16 May, 2013
The year 2019 sees the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Special Needs Education. Co-organized by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education and Science......
18 September, 2019
The European Toolkit for Schools offers concrete ideas for improving collaboration within, between and beyond schools with a view to enabling all children and young......
21 February, 2020
This evaluation report investigates why some schools that have previously delivered a low standard of education for long periods of time have managed to sustainably......
21 February, 2020
This report deals with the very particular challenges that are faced by senior and middle leaders in local authorities that have been judged ‘inadequate’ by......
23 May, 2013
This think piece is the product of ‘A Conversation about Improvement’, one of a series of applied leadership seminars provided by the Virtual Staff College......
03 June, 2014
Leadership Academy 2: Safeguarding and Keeping Children Safe in Turbulent Times, 11th February 2016 This second thematic seminar of the 2016 programme explored the changing......
31 August, 2016