Professor Ursula Kilkelly:

Our new strategic plan has a clear focus on these issues. First of all, we absolutely recognise that young people are the priority. We have to support staff, however, in order to make an environment safe and in order to operate to best practice. There is a very clear commitment on our part to ensure that the priority is on young people but that a range of steps, measures and supports are necessary to make this a reality. In creating an environment that allows for best practice we have to focus on what we can deliver and not just what we aspire towards.