Sentences with phrase «local authority services»

Information for local authority services, adoption and fostering agencies, residential centres, and other children's social care services.

A child is defined as «in need» if they are unlikely to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development without the help of local authority services.

As in previous years, hospital education can be funded either on the basis of an amount per place, or as a centrally funded local authority service.

Results and findings from a survey taken by educational psychologists working for local authority services.

The Code of Practice on Workforce Matters in Local Authority Service Contracts (2003) provided that local authorities would apply the COSOP in the same way government departments and agencies, and by NHS bodies when contracting out to the private sector.

Ofsted's framework and guidance for inspecting local authority services for children in need of help and protection, children in care and care leavers.

This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a time of school budget cuts in addition to the loss of vital local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on libraries and Sure Start amongst others.

Ms Primarolo said: «Our task now is to support local NHS and local authority service planners, commissioners and front - line staff to deliver on those targets and this is an excellent example of giving staff in Spearhead areas the tools to do the job and to do it well.»

Academies as independent schools no longer have the support safety net of local authority service infrastructure — although they can choose to buy - in elements of this.

47 per cent of survey respondents reported the decline of local authority services as a cost pressure on schools, in particular the abolition of the Education Services Grant (ESG) to local authorities which is being passed through to schools.

Academisation means SBMs are facing increasingly complicated and diverse duties just as the support from local authority services disappear.

Does centralisation for local authority services make IT sense?.

The Family Rights Group is the charity in England and Wales that advises families whose children are involved with, or require, local authority services because of welfare needs or concerns.

the decline in local authority services and the abolition of a central government grant which allows councils to support schools

Sir Michael also indicated that he was «winning the argument» for Ofsted to be allowed to inspect academy trusts, in the same way the watchdog can inspect local authority services.

This means, first, schools, public health services, health visitors, all local authority services — including libraries, arts and leisure — thinking specifically about parents.

They will need to work closely with hospital specialists, patients and local authority services.

Service providers bidding to take over an NHS or local authority service could find that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246)(TUPE) apply to any contract win.