Standards
Inspectors judge all children's homes in England against 36 nationalminimum standards (NMSs). Since they're minimum standards, all homesshould be striving to exceed them if they are serious about good-qualitycare. However, the current set of standards emphasise procedures ratherthan how well children do.
The Government has said that it wants minimum standards to become moreoutcome focused, in line with the Every Child Matters agenda. Aconsultation on new standards is expected in February.
SEVEN KEY STANDARDS
Inspectors recognise that some standards are more important than others;for instance, having a good placement plan for a child should carry moreweight than whether the home has a written statement of purpose.Children Now has selected seven key standards to show how performancevaries, not only between standards, but between private-, council- andvoluntary-run homes.
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