Ofsted published its annual report this week on the back of what has been an exceptionally testing year for the watchdog.
In the 12 months since the initial fallout of the Baby P case, Ofsted has received some stinging criticism over how it inspects children's social care, it has embarked on a restructure and started new inspection regimes.
And on the eve of the annual report, the Association of Directors of Children's Services attacked the current inspections as flawed and wasteful of time and resources. John Goldup, who in July took up the newly created role of director of social care at Ofsted, admits both the sector and the inspectorate face another challenging year ahead.
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