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Inspections Clinic: Large social care providers

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 28, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Large private companies continue to play an increasing role in the provision of children’s home and fostering placements. Jo Stephenson analyses what the data says about the quality of large providers.

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency working

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
    • | CYP Now
A review of multi-agency working in response to youth offending praises work to help young people move away from crime, but criticises the response around looked-after children, finds Jo Stephenson.

Inspections Clinic: Early years providers

The pandemic has seen a big drop in childcare provision with thousands of providers leaving the Ofsted register. Jo Stephenson speaks to early years groups about what must change to stem the decline.

Inspecting Cafcass

Cafcass represents the interests of children subject to care proceedings in the family courts and is the largest employer of social workers in England, making high standards of practice vital.

Inspections Clinic: Return of Ofsted visits Q&A

Ofsted has announced a phased return to on-site inspection, which got under way last month. National director for regulation and social care Yvette Stanley answers questions on what this means for services.

Secure children’s homes: Inspections Clinic

Secure children’s homes cater for some of the most vulnerable children but there is a serious shortage of placements. Jo Stephenson looks at how good partnerships and staff levels are key to inspection outcomes.

Standards in remote education: Inspections Clinic

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Schools and colleges have used different approaches to deliver education remotely during lockdowns, with Ofsted collating what works best to shape learning for disadvantaged pupils, writes Jo Stephenson.

Youth offending services: Inspections Clinic

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Recent assessment of youth offending services shows more than half needing improvements, yet inspectors also found many teams providing good support to young people, writes Jo Stephenson.

Early years inspections during Covid

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 5, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted analysis highlights the ways childcare providers have adapted how they support children’s language and communication development during the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Jo Stephenson.

Ofsted announces return to full inspections in 2021

    News
  • Thursday, December 3, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Inspections are to resume across children’s services, schools, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision and early years settings in 2021 after visits were suspended due to Covid-19.

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