Pathfinder Advisory Group
The Department for Education and Department of Health have
convened a Pathfinder Advisory Group which met for the first time
on 29 March.
The Group's purpose is to advise Government on the pathfinder
programme. The group will:
- Provide a forum for the stakeholders to advise on the
development of the pathfinder programme;
- Feed emerging findings, issues and good practice from the
pathfinder programme back into the policy development process;
and
- Maintain a cross-Government link
The Group will meet on a quarterly basis and will be chaired by
Stephen Kingdom (Deputy Director, Department for Education, Special
Educational Needs and Disability) and Karen Turner (Deputy
Director, Department of Health, Delivery Programmes, Children,
Families and Maternity). Pathfinder leads will also be in
attendance on an informal rota basis.
Members of the Pathfinder Advisory Group
are:
Carrie Britton/Sarah Thomas - National Network of Parent Carer
Forums
Christine Lenehan - Council for Disabled Children
Deborah Ribchester - Association of Colleges
Des Herlihy - Headteacher, Royton and Crompton School
(Achievement for All programme)
Professor Gillian Baird - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health
Jean Gross CBE - Education consultant
Jo Webber - NHS Confederation
Julie Jennings - Special Education Consortium
Julie Lynes-Grainger - YPLA
Liz Hobson - Local Government Association
Mike McGrath - Communities and Local Government
Rob O'Carroll - Department for Work and Pensions
Tbc - Association of Directors of Children's Services
André Imich - SEN and Disability Professional Adviser,
Department for Education
Christine Humphrey - Professional Advisor, Department of
Health
Jenny Gray - Safeguarding Professional Advisor, Department for
Education