Plans for a What Works Centre for Children's Social Care, backed with funding of up to £20m, were first announced in January 2016. It had been due to open later that year, but is still in the process of being set up and is not expected to officially launched until 2020.
Documents seen by CYP Now reveal that the venture is "laden with risk", only has funding until March 2020, and there is "no guarantee of ongoing funding" beyond that.
The centre is currently being established by a development team, led by innovation charity Nesta, which has been given £5m of set-up funding from the Department for Education, and is responsible for recruiting its founding leaders. The DfE has also commissioned a "research partner" for the centre, led by Cardiff University, which has been given a further £5m of funding.
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