Juliette Cammaerts

Executive Director, The Children’s Commissioner’s Office

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.

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1 Main programme

Keynote: Children’s voices: What young people want from the adults that support them

The Children’s Commissioner’s Office has engaged with a million children over the last five years, and in its recent school census, thousands of teachers. It's clear that whilst good teaching remains the most powerful driver of change, for a significant number of children, especially those with SEND, in poverty, care or experiencing poor mental health, this needs to backed by strong partnerships, well-resourced services and properly trained staff if they are to achieve and thrive. This keynote draws upon the CCO's extensive research to bring children’s voices into our thinking. It will ask what it takes to have a system that's inclusive by design and consider the role that trust safeguarding leaders can play in keeping children's needs at the front and centre of their schools' partnerships and practice.

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1 Main programme

Panel: Making change in safeguarding partnerships

This panel brings together a range of different expert perspectives to explore how education leaders can make change for the better in safeguarding partnerships and answer your questions.