Went along to the Policy Commission for Children's Services last evening, at which the newly-appointed, private-sector Director was present. He outlined his early diagnosis of why educational attainment is so low on the IW and it felt a bit like Groundhog Day, as he was saying exactly what the previous Director has been saying for some time, and what some of us have known are the problems for quite some time. More importantly he will produce his 'cure' for the problem by the end of the month, with strategies for addressing attainment to be agreed by Cabinet in early February. By then I would imagine the contract with this private company will have been firmed up from its current daily basis.
I asked him about engagement with unhappy stakeholders - teachers, governors, parents - and the oft-ignored social care aspects of Children's Services, and he made the usual responses. All in all I was entirely unconvinced that he will bring anything more to his post than the previous incumbent.
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