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Behind the Inspection Rating: Separation helps home harmony

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Monday, August 18, 2014

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Beaulieu House, Isle of Wight, Children's home inspection, May 2014.

Good Practice: Behind the Inspection Rating - Special school helps pupils grow

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Monday, September 29, 2014

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Hackney's Garden School is rated "outstanding" by Ofsted for improving pupil behaviour.

Council's children's services move out of 'inadequate'

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

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A re-inspection of children's services at a council rated "inadequate" in 2014 has found significant improvements, with provision upgraded to "requires improvement".

Autistic young people struggle to access mental health support

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Four out of five young people with autism have experienced mental health problems but are struggling to access support, research has revealed.

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

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Friday, July 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised swift improvements at a council's children's services department, which has been rated as "good", just two years after receiving an "inadequate" judgment.

Spielman open to change on 'requires improvement' judgment rating

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Monday, July 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has indicated the grade of "requires improvement" could be changed under the new inspection system for children's services.

Ofsted rates children's services at London council 'inadequate'

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

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Children's services at a London council have been rated "inadequate" after Ofsted found that children were being left at risk of serious harm.

Ofsted issues warning notices to 31 unregistered schools

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

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Ofsted has issued a total of 31 warning notices to unregistered schools since establishing a special taskforce 18 months ago, it has emerged.

'Inadequate' council appoints sixth director of children's services in four years

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Monday, July 24, 2017

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A council currently rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has appointed its sixth director of children's services (DCS) in the space of four years.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Care service fits around the child

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Cromwell House, Grimsby | Children's home inspection | October 2012

Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads

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Monday, May 14, 2018

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High social worker caseloads are threatening to undermine efforts to support vulnerable teenagers in Stoke, according to Ofsted.

Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

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Inspectors have commended the quality of leadership of children's services in Hillingdon as "outstanding", with standards given a "good" overall rating.

Inspections Clinic: Preparing for inspection

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The new social care inspection system has been billed as "light touch" for "good" authorities, but children's services leaders still need to be fully prepared for when Ofsted calls, writes Jo Stephenson.

Ofsted to cut visits to good and outstanding children's homes

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to press ahead with plans to cut the frequency of Ofsted inspections for good and outstanding children's homes, it has been announced.

Ofsted raises concerns over pace of improvement at 'inadequate' council

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Friday, March 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The overall pace and scale of improvements at a council where children's services were rated as inadequate last year is "far too slow", inspectors have warned.

Ofsted slams leadership at council rated 'inadequate' for child protection failures

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found that children had been left in abusive situations for too long, with failures in leadership being blamed for the quality of services.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

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Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

Children's services mutual transfer hinders SEND progress in Windsor

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Friday, September 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve support for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) in Windsor & Maidenhead have been hindered by structural changes, inspectors have found.

Inspections: PVI childcare providers

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A change in inspection procedures has helped contribute to a rise in the proportion of childcare providers on non-domestic premises that are rated good or outstanding, latest Ofsted figures show.

Ofsted 'fatally neglecting' to monitor sex education

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Friday, January 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted is "fatally neglecting" to monitor the way personal, social, health, and economic education (PSHE) and sex and relationships education (SRE) are taught in schools, it has been claimed.

Ofsted to clarify school safeguarding guidance

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to develop better guidance for local authorities on the role of safeguarding in schools to help clarify what inspectors are looking for.

Children's services joint inspections to begin in the autumn

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Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Targeted multi-agency inspections of local authority children's services are to be introduced later this year.

Ofsted heaps praise on care leaver support scheme

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

| CYP Now

A government-backed initiative to support care leavers has been singled out for praise by Ofsted which has awarded a council's children's services department the first "outstanding" rating for the service area.

Inspectors praise ‘significant improvements’ at Wakefield children’s services

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Improvements at Wakefield Council’s children’s services department, which was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted in 2018, have been praised by inspectors.

Care leavers feel they left care too early, Ofsted research shows

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| CYP Now

More than a third of care leavers feel they left care too early and report feeling “lonely”, “unsafe” and unable to manage finances, a new report by Ofsted reveals.

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Behind the Inspection Rating: Separation helps home harmony

Good Practice: Behind the Inspection Rating - Special school helps pupils grow

Council's children's services move out of 'inadequate'

Autistic young people struggle to access mental health support

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

Spielman open to change on 'requires improvement' judgment rating

Ofsted rates children's services at London council 'inadequate'

Ofsted issues warning notices to 31 unregistered schools

'Inadequate' council appoints sixth director of children's services in four years

Behind the Inspection Rating: Care service fits around the child

Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads

Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership

Inspections Clinic: Preparing for inspection

Ofsted to cut visits to good and outstanding children's homes

Ofsted raises concerns over pace of improvement at 'inadequate' council

Ofsted slams leadership at council rated 'inadequate' for child protection failures

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

Children's services mutual transfer hinders SEND progress in Windsor

Inspections: PVI childcare providers

Ofsted 'fatally neglecting' to monitor sex education

Ofsted to clarify school safeguarding guidance

Children's services joint inspections to begin in the autumn

Ofsted heaps praise on care leaver support scheme

Inspectors praise ‘significant improvements’ at Wakefield children’s services

Care leavers feel they left care too early, Ofsted research shows

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