The way local authority children's services are inspected is set to undergo major change from January 2018, with Ofsted planning to move to a more proportionate system that focuses on councils that are already struggling.
Following a 10-week consultation last year, the inspectorate has confirmed a range of details about how the new system will work (see box).
It has also finalised plans to inspect all regulated social care settings in the same way based on consistent principles (see box).
In terms of the replacement for the single inspection framework (SIF), which was introduced in October 2013, the majority of arrangements due to be rubber-stamped later this year mirror those set out in last June's consultation.
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