08-02-2022 11:53 via unison.org.uk

NAAS scrapped after hard UNISON campaigning

After years of strong, coordinated campaigning by UNISON, the department for education (DfE) has announced that the national assessment and accreditation scheme (NAAS) for children’s social workers will be closed in March 2022.
The DfE says that this decision was taken following feedback from social workers, councils and trusts as well as learning from comparable professions that have moved towards remote assessment during the pandemic.
UNISON has campaigned for NAAS to be scrapped from it
Read more »