Professor Eileen Munro's evaluation of the current Ofsted inspection framework for vulnerable children's services notes that there is widespread support for its aims across the sector.
However, the child protection expert and professor of social policy at the London School of Economics identified a number of significant shortcomings on which she makes recommendations for how to address.
Following feedback from inspectors and the first 11 local authorities visited, Munro concluded there was "widespread concern" about the demands it puts on both inspectors and local authorities, and the "reliability and validity" of the judgments reached.
In terms of demands on local authorities, Munro cites the sheer amount of data required from local authorities as an issue.
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