Under proposals published for consultation today (27 July), Ofsted plans to conduct inspections of between 20 and 25 local authority children in care services across a spread of rural and urban areas in England each year. These inspections will take place with a short notice period and inspectors will remain on-site for one week.
But charity The Who Cares? Trust believes that such a small sample of councils will allow poor practice to continue in some areas.
Chief executive Natasha Finlayson said: "We are extremely concerned to learn that Ofsted is considering abandoning proper scrutiny of the help local authorities provide to children in care. These changes come despite the fact that the latest data shows that more than half of local authorities’ looked-after children’s services were judged by Ofsted to be inadequate or satisfactory."
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