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Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found "serious and widespread failures" across children's services and questioned the integrity of its leadership team.

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

News

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| CYP Now

The creation of an independent trust as part of efforts to improve children's services in Worcestershire will cost around £4.6m, it has emerged.

Ofsted slams residential home for locking up children

News

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

| CYP Now

A residential care home where children were locked in their rooms and staff shouted at each other has been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Behind the Rating: Tailor-made care from loyal staff

Other

Monday, January 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The Bungalow, Eastbourne, East Sussex | Children's home inspection | November 2011

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

News

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted is considering ditching overall ratings for the quality of children's services when it introduces its new inspection framework next year, it has emerged.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

News

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

News

Monday, March 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Less than a quarter of local authority children's departments inspected by Ofsted last year were found to be providing effective social care services.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

News

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

Children's homes open at fastest rate in five years

News

Thursday, August 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's homes are opening at the fastest rate in five years, figures from Ofsted reveal.

Inspections Clinic: Children’s home challenges

Features

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published a series of research reports on the children’s home sector, providing insight into issues from a lack of suitable care placements to post-pandemic staffing shortages, finds Jo Stephenson.

Inspections Clinic: Registering homes and managers

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Changes by Ofsted will give residential care providers more flexibility in how they register children’s homes and managers, but a campaigner tells Jo Stephenson it could undermine the quality of care.

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Holiday scheme standards

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Revised inspections for residential holiday schemes for disabled children show that as well as providing high-quality care, the best schemes "add considerably to young people's experiences, progress and development".

Senior Ofsted figure quits

News

Friday, June 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's interim head of social care is leaving her post to become a director of children's services, it has been announced.

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

News

Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has taken steps to warn children's services departments of common weaknesses they must address to avoid being rated "inadequate" when they are visited by inspectors.

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' children's services leadership in Islington

News

Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspectors have praised the "highly ambitious" leadership of children's services at the London Borough of Islington in ensuring its most vulnerable children are well supported.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Home adopts parental methods

Other

Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Swanwick Lodge, Swanwick, Hampshire | secure unit | April 2012

Ofsted judges two children's homes inadequate

News

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's homes have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted following inspections.

Drop in number of council-run children’s homes

News

Monday, November 29, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of local authority-run children’s homes in England and Wales decreased between April and August this year, according to latest figures from Ofsted.

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

News

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that was found to have left vulnerable children at risk of harm has had its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Government unveils plans to reduce oversight of children's homes

News

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

| CYP Now

The frequency of Ofsted inspections for "good" and "outstanding" children's homes is to be cut as part of a raft of changes proposed for the oversight of residential care.

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Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

Ofsted slams residential home for locking up children

Behind the Rating: Tailor-made care from loyal staff

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

Children's homes open at fastest rate in five years

Inspections Clinic: Children’s home challenges

Inspections Clinic: Registering homes and managers

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Holiday scheme standards

Senior Ofsted figure quits

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' children's services leadership in Islington

Behind the Inspection Rating: Home adopts parental methods

Ofsted judges two children's homes inadequate

Drop in number of council-run children’s homes

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

Government unveils plans to reduce oversight of children's homes

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