Research by Ofsted has highlighted ongoing issues in the children’s home sector in England, including a lack of suitable placements and staff.
The regulator has published a series of reports to help inform debate and plans for reform in light of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, which published its findings in May.
“As the regulator for children’s homes, we’ve got probably the largest datasets relating to the types of care that homes provide,” says Ofsted’s national director for social care Yvette Stanley.
“At a time when we know sufficiency is a real issue, we think our insights into whom homes say they can accommodate and the availability of places – and providing that national picture – is really important.”
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