The ADES responses to the Scottish Parliament petition on free nursery education provision from the date of a child's third birthday

Cosla and Scottish Government joint statement on early years and early intervention

Information about research into the delivery of integrated services for children in Scotland commissioned by ADES.

Comment submitted by ADES on a petition to conduct a review of the childcare strategy to ensure adequate funding is provided for childcare services across all local authorities.

Comment submitted by ADES on a petition to extend the guidelines governing proposed school closures to the proposed closures of nursery schools.

A new HMI publication "Improving Services for Children" is now on the website

You can get all of the main presentations from the ADES Annual Conference 2007 here

The ADES Office Bearers for 2007-08

Get the presentations and other papers from the HGIOS 3 Conference (5.10.2007)

The mentoring scheme for newly appointed Directors and Heads of Service is now well-established under the leadership of Shelagh Rae.