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DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

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Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Ofsted social care director Schooling extends stay

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Eleanor Schooling will remain with the inspectorate for an additional year, it has been announced.

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

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

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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.

NCAS conference: Call for madrassas to be regulated

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Unofficial Islamic schools must be regulated in order for councils to be able to effectively prevent young people being radicalised, a director of children's services has said.

NCAS conference: ADCS warns over 'loss of clarity' of safeguarding boards

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have called for the government to clarify the role of local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) amid concerns their effectiveness is being hindered by a growing brief.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Council approves creation of independent children's trust

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Slough Council has rubber-stamped the creation of an independent trust to run its children's services after a dispute over the funding of the initiative was partly resolved.

DfE considers intervening at West Midlands council

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is considering whether to intervene in the running of a council's children's services that has been subject to three damning Ofsted reports in the past two years.

Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour has appointed its shadow childcare and shadow children's ministers following Jeremy Corbyn's election as the party's new leader.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised by Ofsted for potentially placing children at risk due to delays in assessments.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Three-quarters of English children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework (SIF) have been given the two lowest ratings, latest data reveals.

Ofsted finds improvement in social care assessment practice

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services professionals are improving the way they undertake assessments of vulnerable children's needs, an Ofsted inspection has found.

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The police force criticised last year over its handling of child sexual exploitation (CSE) allegations in Rotherham is not doing enough to improve its child protection procedures, a report has found.

Care system must address ‘recovery from trauma' of child sexual abuse

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Agencies are picking up sharp increases in child sexual abuse while many looked-after children urgently need more support to recover from the trauma of abuse that led to them entering care, according to an expert panel of professionals.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Government adviser slams Ofsted over disputed 'inadequate' rating

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A government child protection adviser has criticised the findings of an Ofsted inspection into Sandwell Council's children's services, claiming the "myopic" process failed to recognise improvements made at the authority.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Cafcass chief: care application rises set to continue

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Care applications are likely to rise for the next two years partly due to cuts to early help services, the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has said.

Somerset DCS pledges to improve Ofsted grade in a year

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Friday, May 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has pledged to turn around its failing children's services department within a year.

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DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Ofsted social care director Schooling extends stay

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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

NCAS conference: Call for madrassas to be regulated

NCAS conference: ADCS warns over 'loss of clarity' of safeguarding boards

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Council approves creation of independent children's trust

DfE considers intervening at West Midlands council

Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

Ofsted finds improvement in social care assessment practice

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

Care system must address ‘recovery from trauma' of child sexual abuse

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Government adviser slams Ofsted over disputed 'inadequate' rating

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Cafcass chief: care application rises set to continue

Somerset DCS pledges to improve Ofsted grade in a year

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