The written account has been penned by retiring chief executive Tom Wylie, who has led The Agency since 1996, having previously worked at Ofsted and enjoyed stints as a teacher and youth worker.
The Origins and Development of The National Youth Agency tells how the original remit of what is now The NYA evolved out of recommendations made in the Albemarle Report in 1960.
The report called for an "intelligence unit" to serve both the new Youth Service Development Council and the growing youth service field by judging how far policy was being implemented and by encouraging research to meet the needs of young people.
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