Rochdale Council, one of four authorities to pilot the reviews,described the process as a "tough experience". But the big challenge forauthorities and their partners is to see inspection in a new way, saysFlo Hadley, divisional manager of children's services inspection atOfsted. "It's a new approach and one that is intended to move everyoneforward, because we don't have different aims, we just sit on differentsides of the fence," she says.
Fears that all children's services in an area would be labelled asinadequate just because one part received this judgment were raisedduring consultation in May (Children Now, 25-31 May). "There is norule," says Hadley. "We want to reassure people that inspectors willtake the range of evidence they have, look across the board and balancestrengths and weaknesses to reach their overall judgment.
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