Rochdale council's executive director Terry Piggott is frank about whathe sees as the flaws in the new inspection regime for children'sservices. Earlier this summer, Rochdale was one of four localauthorities acting as test beds for joint area reviews, and Piggottwould have liked it if the inspectors had adopted a more collaborativestance.
"It could have been a less adversarial approach, and if it had been morecollaborative it would have probably drawn out more relevantrecommendations for action," he says.
He is also concerned that the inspectors may have to spread themselvestoo thinly across the five outcomes that they have to evaluate, saying:"The inspectors can't do justice to all the five outcomes as it's a hugetask and they're under a lot of pressure."
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