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Welcome to Rochdale Borough Council

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Rochdale Borough Council.

We are a vibrant borough in Greater Manchester at the foothills of the South Pennines. It’s a great place to live, work and socialise with fantastic commuter links, served well by public transport and easily commutable from lots of nearby places across Greater Manchester and Yorkshire. The population of Children under 17 is approx. 55,000.

As well as being the birthplace of the global Cooperative movement, Rochdale is a proud and pioneering borough which played an important part in the Industrial Revolution.

Today, we are forging a new revolution with an exciting future for our residents.

As a children’s service, we have built great strengths on our improvement journey over the last 4 years and we’re ambitious to achieve more.  We have very strong relationships with our schools and academies and are proud of the progress we have made. We have more to do as we continue to develop the best possible education opportunities and outcomes for our children and young people as part of our Raising Rochdale commitment. Our terrific staff have put in a lot of hard work in so that we’ve made great progress and now we are recognised as making a positive difference to children and families.  Our Family Service Model has been built on strong partnerships across the borough, working across localities to make a real impact.  Our relationships manifesto demonstrates our pioneering culture in putting relationships at the heart of everything we do, and we have numerous examples of how we have improved outcomes through innovative approaches and high-quality practice.

Moving forward, we need to ensure our early help and safeguarding hub continues to sustain and enhance the principles of our Family Service Model as well as further developing our special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)strategy, which involves the development of a 0 – 25 service with our adult partners and parents. School readiness is a major priority for us and across Greater Manchester. We are proud of our work in this, and we continue to deliver innovative, new opportunities for families. Across Greater Manchester we have seen the highest rise in the national measure of school readiness and child development. One of our biggest challenges is how we deliver success with our schools and colleges through our school improvement strategy, to improve pupil achievement at all key stages.  We are aspirational for our children and families with education and inclusion at the forefront of our work.

We would ask you to watch our Raising Rochdale videos so you can see the ambition and passion that runs through the borough. This role will be instrumental in taking forward our vision.

It’s also an exciting time to be joining our borough as we play our part in a major contribution to the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework; a game-changing opportunity that will create an additional 12,000 new homes, 20,000 new jobs and more than 1million square metres of new employment space alongside our own substantial town centre redevelopment.

I hope I have whetted your appetite to look more closely at these great opportunities to work with us. Thank you for your interest. I look forward to meeting you.

Sharon Hubber
Director of Children’s Services