John Grooms and Shaftesbury Society to merge

Trustees of residential disability care providers John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society have voted unanimously in favour of a plan to merge the charities...

ISIS Equity to grow specialist care provider

The medium sized supported living and domiciliary care provider Paragon (UK) Ltd has secured an investment package with financial backers ISIS Equity Partners that...

Care UK strengthens clinical care services

Care UK has announced the appointment of Dr Eduard Lotz as director of clinical services.The appointment signifies further investment by the company in its...

Autistic college gets new head

Beechwood College, the first purpose built care unit in Wales to provide education, care and treatment for young people with autistic spectrum disorder, has...

Morris resigns as CWDC chair

Baroness Estelle Morris has announced that she is stepping down as chair of the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) at the end of March....

CEC appointment

Creative Education Corporation Plc has appointed Rhidian Llewellyn as non executive deputy chairman.Mr Llewellyn was headmaster at Papplewick School in Ascot Berkshire for 12...

Nord Anglia board change

The board of Nord Anglia Education has announced it has appointed Stephen Henwood as a non-executive director of the group.The move follows the resignation...

Croydon appointment

Croydon council has appointed Peter Wylie as its new director of children’s services. Mr Wylie has been Croydon’s director of education since 2003 and...

Jigsaw founder forms new nursery group

Tom Shea, founder and ex-chief executive of the ill-fated Jigsaw Group, has launched a new for-profit nursery business that will focus on best practice...

New MD at Huntercombe

Specialist care provider The Huntercombe Group has appointed Professor Maggie Cork as managing director. Professor Cork takes up the role after five years spent...