A string of critical reports and a high-profile departure has trained the spotlight on the effectiveness and future viability of Ofsted's social care inspection regime.
In March, a joint report by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS), the local authority chief executives group Solace and the Local Government Association said the current Ofsted inspection system for children's services should be scrapped and replaced with a lighter-touch and better-targeted approach.
Shortly after, it emerged that Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones had resigned her post, little more than 18 months after joining the organisation.
This was followed by Labour's shadow children's minister Steve McCabe claiming the inspectorate has "lost touch" on children's social care and should have its role reviewed.
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