Following consultation with the sector and a successful trial last autumn, the framework is intended to place "the experience of children at the centre of all judgments".
Another key change will be a closer focus on STCs jointly judged inadequate by the inspectorates Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
The move follows critical reports on all three of England's STCs - Oakhill, Rainsbrook and Medway - which deal with children aged between 12 and 18.
Medway has had two inadequate inspection judgments since a 2016 BBC Panorama investigation revealed unnecessary force was being used on children.
Further concerns about staff continuing to inappropriately use pain-inducing physical restraint were again flagged by a pilot inspection in December last year.
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