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Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services at Rotherham Borough Council have been rated "inadequate" after Ofsted found a string of child protection management and practice failings.

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has appointed a private firm to oversee improvements at a children's services department following a damning Ofsted inspection earlier this year.

DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

News

Monday, December 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will have to cut its budget by a quarter over the next four years as a result of the government Spending Review, it has emerged.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

DfE appoints commissioner at ‘inadequate' council

News

Monday, June 27, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner at a council where Ofsted rated children's services as ‘inadequate'.

Staff departures threaten progress at 'inadequate' council, Ofsted warns

News

Friday, August 31, 2018

| CYP Now

A council is struggling to cope with a high turnover of social workers and rising caseloads, two years after inspectors rated its children's services as "inadequate", Ofsted has found.

Inspection framework is ‘superficial' and ‘incomplete', say sector leaders

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders, social work bodies and local government organisations outline why they have grave reservations about Ofsted's draft inspection framework for services for vulnerable children.

Inspectors praise continued children's services progress at Doncaster

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

| CYP Now

An independent trust running children's services in Doncaster has been praised by inspectors for improvements in the quality and speed of social workers' responses to child protection concerns.

Children's services in Manchester move out of 'inadequate'

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

| CYP Now

A re-inspection of children's services in Manchester has found significant progress since the department was rated "inadequate" three years ago, with Ofsted handing it an improved overall judgment of "requires improvement".

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

| CYP Now

Effective use of children's centres to offer early support to vulnerable families is helping an "inadequate" council turn around its performance, Ofsted has found.

Council's children's services rated 'good' by Ofsted

News

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised the role of leaders and the quality of support for vulnerable children, for improvements in the overall standard of children's services at a council.

Ofsted criticises lack of progress at 'inadequate' council

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Friday, June 30, 2017

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were rated "inadequate" for leaving children at risk is not improving quickly enough, Ofsted has warned.

Commissioners to decide future of children's services at four 'inadequate' councils

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will appoint commissioners at four councils where children's services have been rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted, in order to decide how they will be run in the future, government documents reveal.

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

News

Monday, January 23, 2017

| CYP Now

A council where children's services are set to be taken over by an independent trust by the summer has been criticised by Ofsted for the slow rate of improvement in standards.

Staffing and funding problems threaten Birmingham's recovery, warns troubleshooter

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Friday, December 12, 2014

| CYP Now

"Inadequate" HR systems and the lack of a "credible" social worker recruitment and retention strategy could derail attempts to improve struggling children's services at Birmingham City Council, a government-appointed commissioner has warned.

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