The start of this year saw the launch of a new inspection regime for children's services. Ofsted has said the inspections of local authority children's services (ILACS) framework will be more proportionate, risk-based and flexible than before, allowing it to prioritise inspection where it is most needed.
Alongside standard inspection activity and monitoring visits, the system, which replaces the Single Inspection Framework (SIF), places a greater emphasis on self-improvement with a new annual meeting with Ofsted to share results of self-evaluation.
"I think it is very important inspection is seen as part of a system and as part of local authorities' approach to self-improvement and development," says Ofsted's national director for social care, Eleanor Schooling.
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