In April, the education select committee warned that a single children’s inspectorate was too big to function effectively and should be divided into two specialist organisations to give people increased confidence in inspections.
But in its formal response to the select committee report, the government claimed such a move would be "costly" and "disruptive".
"Structural change is less important than quality of personnel and inspection methods," the response said. "Prioritising it would divert attention and resources from the more critical and urgent task of pursuing and securing the inspection reforms we consider to be vital."
The government went on to say that maintaining a single inspectorate is necessary to reflect the set up of local council children’s services departments.
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