Addressing delegates at the annual Association of Directors of Children’s Services yesterday, the children’s minister said the consultation will look at changing legislation to allow for the adoption of John Dunford’s recommendations in his review of the role, published last December.
The current children's commissioner is Maggie Atkinson, (pictured), who took over the post in March 2010 from England's first-ever children's commissioner, Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green
Mr Dunford, former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, proposed that the job of children’s commissioner be merged with the office of the Children’s Rights Director in Ofsted. He also called for the role to be strengthened and have greater independence from Government by reporting directly to Parliament rather than just the Department for Education (News, 8 December 2010).
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