Ofsted’s latest annual report paints a “broadly positive” picture of the care and education services it regulates. This includes steady improvement in children’s social services and positive changes in school curriculums in many subjects.
But the report also highlights challenges including ongoing issues with recruitment and retention across all sectors and rising demand for mental health and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services which are ramping up pressure on already overstretched provision (see box).
Continued pressure on social care means the right support for children and young people is not always available in their local area, states the 2022/23 report.
This has led to an increasing number of children ending up in unregistered placements or living too far away from home.
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