Speaking at the North of England Education Conference in Blackpool, Shoesmith said that the "dreadful financial settlement" would lead to a rise in child poverty and an increase in child deaths.
Addressing delegates, she said: "All of these good developments we've had and now we've got this dreadful financial situation, this dreadful financial settlement. Child poverty will rise and I don't think there's any doubt about that. I think everyone now expects that these cuts are going to hit hard on vulnerable children.
"It all does translate into higher risk for children, the risk of more children dying at the hands of their desperate parents."
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