Shireen Ritchie, chair of the LGA's children and young people board, warned that inspectors must help frontline workers do better, rather than sit on the sidelines offering tick box judgments.
"Merely highlighting failures fuels public concern over child protection and makes it harder for children's social workers to get the respect they deserve, adding to problems of recruitment and retention," she said.
Ritchie's comments came as Ofsted published its new style annual performance ratings, to coincide with the first round of results from the Comprehensive Area Assessment, or Oneplace inspections.
Children and young people's services were judged to be excellent in 10 councils, good in 93 and adequate in 40.
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