The former director of children’s services at Buckinghamshire County Council warned that the authority was putting vulnerable children at risk six months before Ofsted rated the department “inadequate”. The Bucks Herald reports that Sue Imbriano, who retired in September, wrote a letter to council chief executive Chris Williams warning him of safeguarding concerns in January.
Ofsted is to limit the number of no-notice school inspections it carries out due to “logistical drawbacks”. The Telegraph reports that the power will be reserved for cases where schools are suspected of teaching a narrow curriculum.
Former employees of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre have warned that failures within the organisation are leaving children at risk. The BBC reports that former staff told Newsnight that a lack of specialist staff and outdated IT systems are leaving children at risk of sexual abuse.
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