The proposal was presented to him by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL), which wants to see the pool of applicants widened to avert a recruitment crisis. A report by NCSL and the Children's Workforce Development Council has found that half of the current crop of 150 DCSs will quit or retire in the next three years.
The majority were recruited from within councils. However, with only half of senior managers surveyed keen to replace them, the NCSL wants to see more applicants from charities and other organisations. Maggie Farrar, the NCSL's strategic director for policy, research and development, said: "There is quality and leadership skills right across the children's professions outside councils that we need to identify and support."
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