The report for Coventry & Warwickshire was out last week(YPN, 2-8 April).
Those for Lincolnshire & Rutland and Cheshire & Warrington are out this week.
It all signals a new level of scrutiny of work with young people that takes place outside the formal school setting, and it promises to be a far cry from the historical situation where inspections of local authority youth services have been sporadic and with little follow-up done.
David Singleton, head of Ofsted's post-compulsory education division, says: "The youth service has been a bit of a Cinderella service until recently, and the quality of provision was largely determined by the attitude of local authorities. The secretary of state believes that there is room for a greater consistency in youth services, as many of them are run by different council departments, which has led to inconsistencies in provision across the UK."
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