Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

About the Board

The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) was established in 2014 to provide leadership to the adoption system and drive improvements in performance. In 2018 the Board became the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB), with a remit to cover previously looked after children subject to adoption or special guardianship orders. Coram-i is contracted by the DfE to provide a management and secretariat service for the ASGLB from 1 July 2019.

The ASGLB is made up of representatives from the adoption and permanence system in England and is chaired by Krish Kandiah, who was appointed by the Education Secretary in December 2020. A list of the current Board members can be found below.

Any information published by the Board will be made available via this site, so keep checking it for updates. In particular, we will publish analysis of the quarterly data returns on adoption and special guardianship.

Board members

Name	Organisation	Position
Krish Kandiah	ASGLB	Chair
Jenny Coles	ADCS	President
Edwina Grant	ADCS	Chair of Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy Committee
Sue Armstrong-Brown	Adoption UK	Chief Executive
Teresa Williams	CAFCASS	Director of Strategy
John Simmonds	CoramBAAF	Director
Maggie Jones	CVAA	Chief Executive Officer
Fran Oram	DfE	Director of Children’s Social Care, Practice and Workforce
Cathy Ashley	Family Rights Group	Chief Executive Officer
Lucy Peake	Grandparents Plus	Chief Executive Officer
Cllr Susie Charles	LGA	Chair of the Children and Young People’s Board
Julie Selwyn	Rees Centre	Professor of Education and Adoption
Mrs Justice Judd		Judicial Observer

A diagram of the various components of the ASGLB is available to download