WILLISPALMER IS 10 YEARS OLD
WillisPalmer is 10 years old and If you’re reading this, then welcome to the new WillisPalmer website and with this new look you'll have probably noticed the new WillisPalmer logo....
We are now in our tenth year of business and what better way to kick off the next decade than a fresh new [...]
Care proceedings length continues to fall
Care proceedings length continues to fall the period January to March saw the average time for a care case to last was 32 weeks, continuing the drop seen since the beginning of 2012, after durations had remained at about 55 weeks for over a year.
The median number sits at 26.3 weeks which is even more encouraging. This means that [...]
Ofsted to shift children's centre inspections from providers to councils
Ofsted to shift children's centre inspections from providers to councils
Ofsted will scrap individual inspections of children’s centres in favour of local authority-wide assessments, childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has said.
Truss told the education select committee today that the inspectorate will judge local authorities on the effectiveness and reach of children’s centres, providing an overall rating for [...]
Labour estimates 60,000 shortfall in free childcare places
Labour estimates 60,000 shortfall in free childcare places. Nearly half of local authorities look set to have insufficient nursery places available to deliver free childcare for all eligible two-year-olds just months before the expansion of the scheme, new figures show.
Data obtained through a Freedom of Information request by shadow childcare minister Lucy Powell has found [...]
Government dismisses '20-mile rule' for children's home placements
Government dismisses '20-mile rule' for children's home placements
Nearly half of children in residential care are placed outside their home authority. Picture: Morguefile
The government has rejected calls for it to consider prohibiting local authorities from placing children in residential care more than 20 miles from home. Responding to a report by the education [...]
BAAF chief executive departs after less than six months
BAAF chief executive departs after less than six months Srabani Sen has left her post as chief executive of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) it has emerged.
Sen, former chief executive of Contact a Family and, before that, Alcohol Concern, joined BAAF in December 2013, but was replaced at the helm by Barbara Hutchinson, [...]
