I attended the monthly Education Leeds Board meeting this morning...

It will be my last meeting next month and this meeting focused on how we were managing to keep doing 'business as usual'. The Board were very positive and supportive of our combined efforts to stay focused on the day job while we work with Nigel Richardson, our new Director of Children's Services, to establish the new world order from April 2011. Nigel attended the meeting to update the Board on the transformational programme and to share his early thoughts on what has already been achieved. The meeting also provided the Board with an update on our performance and budget monitoring  and the human resources planning we are doing to prepare for the new children's services arrangements.

The Board complimented the team on the way we are managing the business through these very challenging transitional times and on what we have achieved in terms of outcomes for our children and young people.
Chris