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Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'

Opinion 25 September 2024

We need to rethink how we measure inspection success

Alison O’Sullivan is chair of NCB and former ADCS president

Opinion 25 September 2024

Debate over care having protected status

Features 25 September 2024

Six steps to help improve adoption

Best Practice 25 September 2024

Case study: Coaching sees staff reconnect to social work

Analysis 24 September 2024

Leaders want say in Ofsted’s move to narrative inspection judgments

Analysis 24 September 2024

Focus on adoption matching

Foster carers have offered advice to those considering the role. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 20 September 2024

Investigation reveals stark regional differences in foster carer payments

News 19 September 2024

Commissioner rejects ‘costly and time consuming’ trust model for Tameside’s children’s services

News 16 September 2024

Further cuts to council funding would be ‘disastrous’ for struggling children's services, leaders warn government

Yvette Stanley: This extra period will give providers more time to digest the guidance. Picture: Ofsted

News 12 September 2024

Ofsted names social care and early years leaders to advise on inspection reform

Social workers in schools do not reduce children's need for care, new research shows. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe Stock

News 12 September 2024

DfE publishes statutory guidance on agency social worker use

Local authorities are planning to raise council tax in order to fund vital social care services. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 10 September 2024

Struggling council could trigger rarely used powers to charge parents for care costs

Ofsted must 're-engage with the sector to develop a fair system built on mutual respect', sector leaders say

News 9 September 2024

Areas appointed to lead regional commissioning pilots for children’s care placements

Supported settings will be inspected from April next year. Picture: Martinan/Adobe Stock

News 4 September 2024

Residential care spending outstrips early intervention for first time, research finds

Councils warn that 'an acute rise in the costs of placing children in care mean in-year spending on children’s services is spiralling out of control'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 3 September 2024

Ofsted to end single-word judgments for children’s social care and early years providers