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Knowing the business

Children's centres: knowing the business

We know that children’s centre leaders play a key role in improving outcomes for children and their families. But what’s actually involved in running a children’s centre and how do you successfully lead one?

Knowing the business

Knowing the business is a practical online guide that will help you to explore and understand the business of children’s centres and children’s centre leadership, including the skills, expectations and responsibilities.

This new resource brings together a whole range of information and resources from key documents to examples of good practice. It can be used in many ways – from inducting those newly in post to supporting a member of staff who might want to learning about a particular theme.

Subjects include:

  • Everyday business
    • The core offer
    • The role of the leader
    • Managing the day-to-day operations
  • Partnership business
    • Policy background
    • Local governance arrangements
    • Models of delivery
  • People business
    • Integration
    • Leading and managing
  • Real business
    • Improving results
    • Business and improvement planning
    • Effective commissioning
    • Demonstrating impact