Juliette Cammaerts joined the Children’s Commissioner’s office in 2021, on Dame Rachel de Souza’s appointment to the role. She serves as Executive Director, overseeing the office’s landmark work completing the two largest-ever surveys of children ‘The Big Ask’ and ‘The Big Ambition’. Most recently, Juliette led on The Children’s Plan: The Children’s Commissioner’s School Census, which used the Commissioner’s statutory powers on schools for the first time to collect new, comprehensive data on how schools are supporting children to attend, engage, attain and excel. Prior to this, Juliette worked at the Department for Education, where she managed ministerial teams over a seven-year period. She led on all matters relating to children and families, championing children’s rights through the introducing of new policy measures - and advised the DfE throughout the unprecedented coronavirus crisis. Before joining the civil service, Juliette studied French and Arabic at UCL and SOAS.