Being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being are the five aims for children outlined in Every Child Matters.Last week, over 200 Islington heads, teachers and education, health and social services professionals came together to discuss how Islington schools can contribute to these five outcomes at CEA@Islington’s seventh annual inclusion conference. The event on Friday 25 February 2005, entitled ‘Every Child Matters’, was opened by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools, David Bell who explained how OfSTED will be inspecting schools and local authorities in the future.David Hawker, Director of Children, Families and Schools gave a thoughtful insight into Brighton and Hove’s experience as a pathfinder Children’s Trust and of involving schools in implementing Every Child Matters. Paul Curran, Islington’s Director of Children’s Services gave a local perspective on how Islington is developing its work on integrating Children’s Services.In the afternoon, Islington’s young journalists from Children’s Express took centre stage as they explained to delegates how children and young people are involved in developing Islington’s visions and services. Thanos Morphitis, Assistant Director of Pupil Services, CEA@Islington said: ‘Inclusion is at the heart of our work. ‘Every Child Matters’ was a fantastic opportunity for key people within schools, CEA@Islington and other agencies to look at the best ways to deliver services to children in Islington.’Councillor James Kempton, executive member for children said: ‘We want to give every child the best possible start in life and by providing a quality education we can do this. This year our schools were the most improved in the country and Asian and black pupils made the greatest rate of improvement in GCSEs in England, outperforming the national averages. With our ambitious vision for the future of Islington’s children’s service we can look forward to the continued rise in achievement of Islington’s young people.’endsFor further information, please contact:Caroline RoweCommunications & Training OfficerCEA@Islingtont: 020 7527 5545e: caroline.rowe.cea@islington.gov.uk
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