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Inspections: Youth secure estate

Although the population of the youth secure estate has dropped substantially, youth custody settings are struggling to improve support for young people, with outcomes described as "not good enough".

Inspections Clinic: Sector-led improvement

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  • Tuesday, February 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted's new inspection framework for children's social care services places greater emphasis on councils' own approaches to self-evaluation and sector-led improvement, reports Jo Stephenson.

Annual engagement meetings

Ofsted's Inspection of Local Authority Children's Services regime sets out clear expectations of what children's services managers will get from their annual engagement meetings, reports Jo Stephenson.

Becoming an Ofsted inspector

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  • Tuesday, January 30, 2018
  • | CYP Now
There are a range of different ways that professionals working with children can become an Ofsted inspector, with the role offering the chance to deepen knowledge and experience, finds Jo Stephenson.

Inspections: Joint targeted area inspections

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  • Tuesday, November 28, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Inspections of local safeguarding arrangements were introduced in 2016 to examine joint working across agencies, uncovering examples of how areas tackle neglect, child sexual exploitation and domestic abuse.

Inspections Clinic: Tackling disproportionality

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  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Inspectors now assess how youth offending services promote diversity and address disproportionality. While the issue is on the radar of most teams, few have made sufficient progress, reports Jo Stephenson.

Inspecting 'off-rolling'

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted has found evidence that a significant minority of schools are finding ways to manage more challenging pupils out. New tools will make it easier to identify this practice, says Jo Stephenson.

Managing risk in children's homes

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  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Risk management is an important element of practice in children's homes. Here Ofsted's national director of social care Yvette Stanley tells Jo Stephenson about what the regulator is looking for from settings.