But Paul Clark, Harrow's director of children's services, is familiarwith another side of the borough. "It's the eighth most diverse boroughin London," he says, "and although there may be well-off people livinghere, there are very serious areas of deprivation. As a result, likemost London boroughs, we're trying to focus our services."
Clark, who has been in his post for two years, was previously deputydirector for schools and families at Hertfordshire County Council. Hislong experience means he is clear about the recruitment challenges hefaces in Harrow. "There are particular issues for London, in that wehave a big mobile workforce," he says. "So you can have a zone one tothree or zone one to four travel card, which means you can live in oneborough and work somewhere else."
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