The printing presses at the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) worked very hard last week.
Last Thursday (3 April), the DCSF published new guidance for children's trusts, the next steps for the children's workforce and a new framework for the leadership and management of children's services, along with a consultation on the first play strategy for England (see Analysis, p14), and details of £190m for youth facilities (see News, p6).
The government is not pretending the raft of measures are all brand new. The gist of much that has been published was already in the public domain, outlined either in The Children's Plan or in more recent DCSF announcements. However, the new publications do set out the government's vision for workforce and leadership in greater detail.
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