CYP Now - Ofsted chief: More lessons must be learnt from CSE investigations

Lessons learnt from investigations in child sexual exploitation (CSE) should have had a greater impact on agencies dealing with familial child sexual abuse, Ofsted’s director of social care has said.

Yvette Stanley called for more training for professionals across a range of authorities. Picture: Ofsted

The comments come following a damning report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission, as well as the Prison and Probation and Fire & Rescue Service inspectorates, which said local agencies are often "woefully ill-equipped" to deal with child sex abuse in families.

The report, based on six joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) carried out between September 2018 and May 2019 in Bracknell Forest, Cornwall, Derby, Islington, Shropshire, and York, calls for professionals to give sexual abuse a higher priority in local areas, with improved training and greater awareness-raising of the problem.

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