A wider Aspect.

This article focuses on the NAIEAC annual conference held on September 2 and 3, 2005, at the Tower Thistle Hotel in London, England. The conference was a watershed in the development of the organization, for it re-defines its own role in the changing context of educational improvement within integrated children's services. After an excellent conference dinner, with plenty of opportunity for networking, the conference was in fine fettle to welcome Chris Hackworth, incoming president. "Ensuring Excellence for All: Working Together in Children's Services" was all about the part that the association and it members should play in children's services, a far wider agenda than the traditional focus on school improvement.