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Adoption board closes to make way for Care Review's reforms

5 mins read Social Care Fostering and adoption
Closure of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board after a decade is ‘in light of’ review's focus on keeping families together, say experts who call for a fairer, more equitable and more inclusive care system.
The Department for Education says ensuring children have ‘stable, loving homes’ remains a priority for the government. Picture: Ananass/Adobe Stock
The Department for Education says ensuring children have ‘stable, loving homes’ remains a priority for the government. Picture: Ananass/Adobe Stock

The Department for Education has closed its Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB) after almost a decade, ahead of the publication of its response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care.

The Adoption Leadership Board was set up under then-Education Secretary Michael Gove in 2013 as part of a push to increase adoption numbers and to oversee the implementation of the government's adoption strategy.

In 2018, it was rebranded as the ASGLB, with a remit to cover previously looked-after children subject to adoption or special guardianship orders (SGOs).

Board members – including CoramBAAF, the Family Rights Group, Adoption UK, Cafcass and Kinship – were told on 1 December of the DfE's decision to close the board at the end of 2022.

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