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Ofsted has just launched its Big Listen as it seeks views from the sector, parents, carers and children and young people.
Lucy Townsend is director of people at Wiltshire Council. Picture: Wiltshire Council
Lucy Townsend is director of people at Wiltshire Council. Picture: Wiltshire Council

It is positive to see new HMCI Sir Martyn Oliver’s approach and I have first-hand experience of hearing about his intentions from meeting him alongside other directors of children’s services in the South West region and specifically regarding Wiltshire’s recent ILACS inspection experience.

Working with children is a vocation, a tough one at that, one that doesn’t always get the recognition as other parts of the public sector.

However, we continue diligently and with passion because that is what we do, but I also agree with Ofsted that “there is more to do to relieve the pressures felt by the professionals we inspect.”

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