Children in care, those in secure settings or unaccompanied asylum-seeking children do not get good enough public services, the report Safeguarding Children says.
It says recommendations made in 2005 relating to restraint techniques in secure settings, the effects of detention in immigration removal centres on children, and continued delays in carrying out welfare assessments have not been implemented.
But it adds that improved safeguarding means children feel safe in their own homes and communities and are receiving the quality of care and support they need.
The report was jointly published on Tuesday 8 July by the chief inspectors of eight inspectorates.
Chief inspector of education, children's services and skills, Christine Gilbert, said: "It is encouraging to be able to point to some tangible improvements over the past three years but the position is still not good enough to give our most vulnerable children and young people the support they need."
The joint chief inspectors are: Gilbert; Anna Walker, chief executive of the Healthcare Commission; Paul Snell, chief inspector for social care inspection; Sir Ronnie Flanagan, chief inspector of constabulary; Stephen Wooler, chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate; Eddie Bloomfield, chief inspector of court administration; Anne Owers, chief inspector of prisons, and Andrew Bridges, chief inspector of probation.
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