TRANSFORMATION FOR SEND AND CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE
Lead with insight. Act with impact.
Better outcomes for children and financial sustainability aren't in conflict — if you know where to focus.
We specialise in children's services transformation, combining AI, data and operational expertise to help leaders improve outcomes, strengthen sufficiency and maximise the impact of every pound invested.
OUR APPROACH
Built for children's services
We partner with local authorities and regional groups.
01
Clarity at local level
Our diagnostics show where pressure comes from, school by school and locality by locality, so action can be targeted with local partners.
02
Impact in three months
Our diagnostics report in weeks, not months, and focused changes can deliver impact within three months.
03
AI built into your delivery model
We build AI and data tools into the systems your teams already use, from EHCP quality assurance in Microsoft Teams to dashboards councils run themselves.
IMPACT
What our work has delivered
Results from our recent work with councils and regional partnerships.
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
18%
Of forecast high needs spend avoidable each year by 2030 in a city council, through school governance, local specialist places and support at transition.
DEMAND REDUCTION
30%
Of children aged 12 to 15 on track to avoid starting in residential care, through a new specialist foster carer service.
CAPACITY AND QUALITY
5 weeks
To quality assure every EHCP against the council’s own framework, inside Microsoft Teams, with development needs shown by team.
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
16%
Annual cost reduction identified in a children looked after service, across fostering, commissioning and supported accommodation.
DEMAND REDUCTION
48%
Of children aged 14+ travelling by taxi had a safe public transport route to school, found in a county-wide review delivered in six weeks.
CAPACITY AND QUALITY
60%
Capacity created in a triage team through process automation, reinvested into service quality and timeliness of placement decisions.
CASE STUDIES
Recent work
Three recent examples of the difference our work makes for local authorities.
30%
of children aged 12 to 15 avoiding starting in residential
Children looked after: keeping 12 to 15 year olds in fostering rather than residential
A placement diagnostic, then a specialist foster carer service now live and recruiting. On track for £5.6m a year in savings.
43%
fewer children forecast in independent special schools
SEND sufficiency: local forecasts and a plan the council now runs itself
School-level inclusion metrics and a sufficiency plan, with £30m cost avoidance forecast by 2028.
800
EHCP cases waiting
EHCP timeliness: why 800 cases were waiting, and a 12-week route to fix it
Over ten manual trackers and half of officer time on admin. One source of truth and automated chasing.