Guidance

NAAS sites

Updated 7 May 2020

This guidance was withdrawn on

The NAAS programme closed in March 2022. Children’s social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love was published on 2 February 2023 and sets out details of a new early career framework and integrated assessment for social workers post-qualification.

Applies to England

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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/naas-early-adopter-sites/naas-early-adopter-sites

Following the government’s announcement that the UK would enter a stricter period of social distancing to reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), all NAAS assessment centres have been closed until spring 2021.

For further information and support, email dfe.naas@education.gov.uk.

The following local authorities and children’s trusts are currently participating in NAAS.

North west

  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
  • Bolton Council
  • Bury Council
  • Cumbria County Council
  • Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Lancashire County Council
  • Manchester City Council
  • Oldham Council
  • Rochdale Borough Council
  • Salford City Council
  • Stockport Council
  • St Helen’s Council
  • Trafford Council
  • Warrington Borough Council
  • Wigan Council

North east

  • Darlington Borough Council
  • Durham County Council
  • Middlesbrough Council
  • Sunderland Children’s Trust

Yorkshire and Humber

  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
  • Calderdale Council
  • Doncaster Children’s Services Trust
  • Kirklees Council
  • Leeds City Council
  • North Lincolnshire Council
  • North East Lincolnshire Council
  • North Yorkshire County Council
  • Rotherham Council
  • City of York Council

East of England

  • Central Bedfordshire Council
  • Essex County Council
  • Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

East Midlands

  • Derby City Council
  • Lincolnshire County Council
  • Nottinghamshire County Council

West Midlands

  • Birmingham Children’s Trust
  • Coventry City Council
  • Dudley Council
  • Herefordshire Council
  • Sandwell Children’s Trust
  • Shropshire Council
  • Solihull Council
  • Staffordshire County Council
  • Stoke-on-Trent City Council
  • Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Walsall Council
  • Warwickshire County Council
  • Wolverhampton Council
  • Worcestershire County Council

London

  • London Borough of Bexley
  • London Borough of Enfield
  • London Borough of Hackney
  • Hammersmith and Fulham Council
  • London Borough of Haringey
  • London Borough of Islington
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
  • Lambeth Council
  • London Borough of Lewisham
  • London Borough of Waltham Forest
  • London Borough of Wandsworth
  • Westminster Council

South east

  • Hampshire County Council
  • West Berkshire Council

South west

  • Cornwall Council
  • Gloucestershire County Council
  • Plymouth City Council
  • Somerset County Council
  • Wiltshire Council
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