Inspections clinic: Early years inspection updates
- Early Years | Early years education | Ofsted
Early years providers have seen significant regulatory and...
Ofsted
In-depth
Inspections clinic: Youth justice services
- Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Ofsted
While a new report shows that more young offenders are now...
Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24
- Careers | Courses and training | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Management | Ofsted | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work
With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges,...
Interview: Lord Jim Knight, chair of an independent review of Ofsted
- Children's Services | Management | Ofsted
Derren Hayes speaks to the former MP and chair of an...
Inspections Clinic: New SEND inspections
Provision for children and young people with special...
Inspections Clinic: Changes to school inspections
Responding to criticism, Ofsted has announced changes to how...
Inspections Clinic: 10 key questions on STC assurance visits
- Youth Justice | Ofsted | Youth Offending
Ofsted's Yvette Stanley answers 10 key questions from Jo...
Inspections Clinic: Young inspection volunteers
- Residential Children's Care | Ofsted | Youth Work | Participation
Regulators can get a better insight into young people's...
Inspections Clinic: Supported accommodation
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Ofsted | Residential Children's Care
Providers of supported accommodation to looked-after young...
Inspections Clinic: Quality of school tuition
Ofsted research paints a mixed picture of the quality of...
Inspections Clinic: Early education and childcare
- Ofsted | Early Years | Early years education
Ofsted's latest annual report sets out the major challenges...
Inspections Clinic: Early education – key questions
- Early Years | Early years education | Ofsted
Ofsted has published the first in a series of research...
Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework
Special schools cater for children and young people with...
Inspections Clinic: Children’s services inspections
- Children's Services | Ofsted
Jo Stephenson summarises trends in inspection outcomes for...
Inspections Clinic: Inspections workforce
- Ofsted | Careers
As Ofsted's inspection remit expands, so must its workforce....
Inspections Clinic: Children’s home challenges
- Ofsted | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Ofsted has published a series of research reports on the...
Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Ofsted | Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people
Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the...
Inspections Clinic: Youth offending services
- Youth Justice | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending | Ofsted
Latest probation inspectorate annual report highlights...
Inspections Clinic: Monitoring school attendance
Latest figures suggest that one in five pupils in England...
Inspections Clinic: Leaving care services
- Social Care | Leaving care | Ofsted | Leaving Care
Evidence from Ofsted shows support to help care leavers...
Local area SEND inspections
Children and young people with SEND have been...
Inspections Clinic: Mock childcare inspections
- Early Years | Ofsted
Ofsted’s chief may have branded them a ‘waste of money’ but...
Inspections Clinic: Registering homes and managers
- Residential Children's Care | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Ofsted
Changes by Ofsted will give residential care providers more...
Inspections Clinic: Large social care providers
- Ofsted | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care
Large private companies continue to play an increasing role...
Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency working
- Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending | Ofsted
A review of multi-agency working in response to youth...
Inspections Clinic: Early years providers
- Ofsted | Early Years
The pandemic has seen a big drop in childcare provision with...
Inspecting Cafcass
- Ofsted | Family courts and Cafcass
Cafcass represents the interests of children subject to care...
Inspections Clinic: Return of Ofsted visits Q&A
Ofsted has announced a phased return to on-site inspection,...
Secure children’s homes: Inspections Clinic
- Youth custody | Youth Justice | Ofsted | Youth Offending
Secure children’s homes cater for some of the most...
Standards in remote education: Inspections Clinic
Schools and colleges have used different approaches to...
Youth offending services: Inspections Clinic
- Youth Offending | Ofsted | Youth Justice | Youth custody | Youth Offending Teams
Recent assessment of youth offending services shows more...
Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Local Spotlight
- Children's Services | Management | Service configuration | Ofsted | Families/Parenting
West Midlands area famous for its pottery industry is trying...
Early years inspections during Covid
- Early Years | Early years education | Ofsted
Ofsted analysis highlights the ways childcare providers have...
Inspections Clinic: Impact of the pandemic
- Children's Services | Ofsted
While most inspectorates agree virtual inspections will...
Inspections: Regulatory work continues
- Ofsted | Children's Services | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Many Ofsted inspections have been put on hold during...
Inspections Clinic: Behaviour in the classroom
The government has unveiled plans to tackle unruly behaviour...
Five inspection trends
- Ofsted | Early Years | Education | Social Care
Ofsted’s latest annual report highlights changes in...
Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic
- Children's Services | Information sharing | Management | Leadership | Service configuration | Ofsted | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Attachment & Neglect
Joint targeted area inspections began in 2016 with the aim...
Children’s services inspection
- Children's Services | Information sharing | Families/Parenting | Early help | Children's rights | Management | Ofsted
Ofsted says the children’s services inspection regime is...
Tackling the fall in childminders
- Childminding | Ofsted
The past decade has seen a step decline in the number of...
Schools and knife crime: Inspections Clinic
Rising levels of youth violence have shone a light on what...
Annual engagement meetings
- Ofsted | Inspections
Ofsted's Inspection of Local Authority Children's Services...
Ofsted inspection of education settings: six key measures
Ofsted's new inspection system introduces a raft of changes...
Managing risk in children's homes
- Ofsted | Social Care | Inspections | Residential Children's Care
Risk management is an important element of practice in...
Inspections Clinic: Supporting pupil attainment
- Ofsted | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Narrowing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils...
Inspections Clinic: School child neglect procedures
- Ofsted | Inspections
Updated government guidance aims to improve how schools...
Inspections Clinic: Preparing for inspection
- Ofsted | Inspections
The new social care inspection system has been billed as...
Inspections Clinic: Appealing an Ofsted judgment
- Ofsted | Inspections
There will always be early years settings unhappy with the...
Becoming an Ofsted inspector
- Ofsted | Inspections
There are a range of different ways that professionals...
Inspections: SEND services
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Ofsted | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The introduction of area-wide multi-agency inspections of...
Good Practice
Local Spotlight: Hull City Council
- Ofsted | Social Care | Management | Leadership
New leadership team drives children's services improvements...
Local Spotlight: Bracknell Forest Council
- Preventing Care Proceedings | Social Care | Ofsted
Affluent South East commuter belt authority is delivering...
Bath & North East Somerset: Local Spotlight
- Children's Services | Ofsted | Leadership
South West council maintained high standards during the...
Sunderland City Council: Local Spotlight
- Children's Services | Ofsted
Despite significant social challenges for children and...
Peterborough City Council: Local Spotlight
- Children's Services | Management | Leadership | Service configuration | Ofsted
Children’s services in prosperous commuter city are rated...
Inspections Clinic: Five tips for outstanding residential care
- Ofsted | Inspections | Residential Children's Care
The manager of a residential setting for children with...
Inspections Clinic: Inspecting stability
- Ofsted | Residential Children's Care
Ensuring looked-after children have a stable care placement,...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Safeguarding in schools
Ofsted inspections show the majority of maintained schools...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption
- Ofsted | Fostering and adoption | Inspections | Adoption
As the number of children being placed for adoption...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Single assessment framework
- Ofsted | Inspections
The single assessment framework was introduced in 2013 to...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Careers guidance and advice
Ofsted reviews, independent inquiries and employers' surveys...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption services
- Ofsted | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
The standard of adoption services across local authorities...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Residential child care
- Ofsted | Residential and specialist care | Inspections | Residential Children's Care
A recent government-commissioned review emphasised the vital...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Holiday scheme standards
- Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Ofsted | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Revised inspections for residential holiday schemes for...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Pre-school hones independence
- Early Years | Early years education | Management | Leadership | Service configuration | Ofsted
Clyst Valley Pre-School, Devon - Pre-school inspection -...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Shared leadership delivers success
- Early Years | Nurseries | Management | Leadership | Ofsted
Grasmere Nursery School, Luton; Nursery school inspection;...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Early help | Families/Parenting | Information sharing | Management | Service configuration | Ofsted | Social Care
Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Kids Planet helps toddlers explore
- Early Years | Early years education | Leadership | Ofsted
Kids Planet Beamont, Warrington; early years inspection;...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Free school masters partnerships
Gildredge House, Eastbourne - Academy free school inspection...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Integration pays for Trafford Council
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - local authority...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Putting faith in attention to detail
- Ofsted | Fostering and adoption
Foster Care Link, London and Manchester - independent...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Residential unit hits the right note
- Ofsted | Residential and specialist care
Ferndale Children's Residential Unit, Kirktintilloch - Care...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Centre offers five-star provision
- Early Years | Management | Service configuration | Ofsted | Inspections
Harpenden children's centres monitor children's progress to...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Positive PRU turns around pupils
The Key Education Centre gets top marks for engaging pupils...
Behind the Inspection Rating - Performance under the spotlight
Alliance Learning, North West/Learning provider...
Centre thrives on clarity of purpose
- Early Years | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Ofsted | Inspections
Newport Children's Centre, Waltham Forest, London;...
Behind the Inspection Rating: ‘Little Renoirs' get their needs met
- Early Years | Early years education | Nurseries | Leadership | Ofsted | Inspections
Wentworth Nursery School and Children's Centre | Nursery...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Joint plan unites professionals
- Ofsted | Social Care | Inspections
City of York Council | Safeguarding and looked-after...
Behind the Inspection Rating: Unit drives pupils back to school
Bradford Primary Pupil Referral Unit, Bradford | Pupil...
Research
Ofsted and Children's Services: What Factors are Associated with Inspection Results?
- Children's Services | Ofsted | Inspections
Researchers from Cardiff University wanted to find out what...
Beyond the Adoption Order: Challenges, Interventions and Adoption Disruption
- Ofsted | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Researchers examine the rate of adoption disruption and the ...
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