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The ADCS Blog: First things first

2 mins read Children's Services
Since reading Andy Smith's terrific final blog as president last week, I’ve been pondering what to write in my first one with the presidential pen in my hand.
Rachael Wardell is the incoming ADCS President for 2025/26 and executive director of Children, Families and Lifelong Learning at Surrey County Council

He set out, so clearly, the pleasure and privilege of being able to work with government, focused on children’s needs, rights and outcomes, and how encouraging it is to see the issues ADCS has long been raising really gaining traction in policy development and the public mind.

I could write about inspection; I and my Surrey colleagues have just emerged from three weeks of standard ILACS inspection. Maybe children’s services leadership?  –  I recently met with Cohorts 8 and 9 of the current aspirant DCS programme (long story short: the future is safe in their hands!).

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