The number of children being taken into care is continuing to fall. Figures from the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) show that in May 2014, a total of 857 care applications were received - a 13 per cent decrease on May 2013. Between April 2013 and March 2014 Cafcass received a total of 10,605 applications – five per cent lower than the same period last year, when 11,110 applications were received.
The Department for Education has released a statement claiming Ofsted’s chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has confirmed that Education Secretary Michael Gove did not ask Ofsted to halt plans for no-notice school inspections in 2012. Wilshaw had previously suggested that Gove had blocked the idea.
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