The Department's Board and Structure

SHEILA SCALES
Director
Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group
Links with both Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Children, Schools and Families

SHIRLEY TRUNDLE
Director
Families group

JEANETTE PUGH
Director
Safeguarding Group

ANNE JACKSON
Child Well-being Group

PETER LAUENER
Director
Supporting Delivery Group

CHRISTINE GOODFELLOW
Director
Improving Information Sharing and Management (IISaM) Programme

MARCUS BELL
Director
Workforce strategy

HELEN
BENNETT
Quality and Standards

GRAHAM ARCHER
Childcare

ANN GROSS
Children’s Centres and Extended Schools

HARDIP BEGOL
Special Educational
Needs and
Disability

MARTIN HOWARTH
LUCY SMITH
Strategic Services

SHAN SCOTT and
 AXEL HEITMUELLER
Families, Strategy and Interdepartmental Issues

SALLY BURLINGTON
Children in Care

JULIA GAULT
Families Policy, Development and Delivery

ANNABEL BURNS
Family Law and Cafcass

RICHARD
BLOWS Safeguarding Operations

PETER SWIFT
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act Implementation

ANDREW
SARGENT
Child Protection

CLAUDINE MENASHE-JONES
Child Safety

CAROLINE KELHAM
Child Poverty

SARAH HEALEY
Health and Wellbeing

ANDREA HUMPHREY
TONY ARMSTRONG
(located in DH)
Cross Government Obesity Unit

RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW
Analysis and Research

VACANT
Local Policy and Performance

GILLIAN HILLIER
HELEN WALKER
Workforce Development

KIM SIBLEY
Regional and Local Partnerships

DENISE BLUNN
Improving Information Sharing and Management (IISaM) Programme

ANNE FROST
Workforce Strategy