The CIPFA Children’s Services Advisory Network (CSAN) exists to help those working in Children’s Services to improve:

• The commissioning of services to children
• The commissioning of services to schools
• The commissioning of services to children through schools

With its independent ethos and support from CIPFA’s wide range of resources, CSAN is uniquely placed to help both those with an Education and Social Care background to address the huge challenges presented by:

• Every Child Matters:Change for Children and the Children Act 2004
• the constant stream of policy directives, regulations, statutory guidance and research that arise from the Children’s Services initiative
• the local government modernisation programme, particularly as it effects schools and the critical relationship that local authorities have with them.