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Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

Friday, August 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at two London councils have been praised by Ofsted inspectors in the wake of an acrimonious split from partnership arrangements with a third council.

Ofsted blames merger for council's failure to improve children's services

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Monday, August 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Local government reorganisation has hamstrung efforts by a council's leaders to make improvements to children's services, according to Ofsted.

Rotherham: No action against council leaders over CSE failings

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| CYP Now

No action should be taken against the former leaders of Rotherham children's services despite organisational failings in addressing child sexual exploitation (CSE), an investigation has concluded.

Call for all councils to receive children's services innovation funding

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Local government leaders are calling on ministers to hand over a slice of £300m of innovation funding to help all councils improve services for vulnerable children.

Ofsted finds 'significant progress' at trust-run children's services

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Doncaster's 'inadequate' rated children's services - run by an independent trust for the past two years - is continuing to improve, Ofsted has said.

NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

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Friday, November 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of £11m will be handed to the three most successful projects to emerge from the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation programme to allow them to expand, Education Secretary Justine Greening has said.

Tory Party Conference: Call for national tracking system for children

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| CYP Now

A national system to track children should be introduced in order to keep children safe from harm if they move from one area to another, it has been suggested.

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

A service providing specialist advice and support to children's professionals tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) incidents is to be launched by the government later this month.

Loughton criticises 'quiet' chief children's social worker

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Chief children's social worker Isabelle Trowler has been criticised for failing to give the post a high enough media or public profile.

'No quick fixes for children's social care', warn experts

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's social care experts have warned that it could take many years to turn around struggling children's services departments.

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

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Friday, February 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Uncertainty over the future of serious case reviews (SCRs) is damaging local safeguarding arrangements, local safeguarding children board (LSCB) leaders have warned.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Ofsted in talks over how to assess 'risk-taking' children's services

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted is in discussions with the Department for Education about how to inspect children's services departments that take risks through innovation in order to improve standards, it has emerged.

'Inadequate councils need more time to improve', says LGA

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Government expectations that councils must improve failing children's services within six months to avoid outside intervention are unrealistic, local government and children's leaders have warned.

Government action needs more money to succeed, warn children's leaders

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs have warned that government plans to intervene earlier in poorly performing councils will need extra funding in order to work.

Timpson reveals initial action to tackle children's services 'failures'

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has unveiled a raft of immediate actions the government will take to tackle poor standards across "failing" children's services departments.

Council outlines plans to hive off children's services

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Another council has announced plans to set up an independent trust to run its struggling children's services department.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Councils plan major cuts to children's homes to balance books

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Two councils have announced plans to cut spending on children's homes provision as part of efforts to reduce levels of spending within children's services.

Martin Narey's resignation statement

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey took to social media network Twitter to announce his resignation from the Adoption Leadership Board.

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey has quit as head of the Adoption Leadership Board, the influential body set up by the government to drive through reforms to the sector.

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Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

Ofsted blames merger for council's failure to improve children's services

Rotherham: No action against council leaders over CSE failings

Call for all councils to receive children's services innovation funding

Ofsted finds 'significant progress' at trust-run children's services

NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

Tory Party Conference: Call for national tracking system for children

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

Loughton criticises 'quiet' chief children's social worker

'No quick fixes for children's social care', warn experts

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Ofsted in talks over how to assess 'risk-taking' children's services

'Inadequate councils need more time to improve', says LGA

Government action needs more money to succeed, warn children's leaders

Timpson reveals initial action to tackle children's services 'failures'

Council outlines plans to hive off children's services

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Councils plan major cuts to children's homes to balance books

Martin Narey's resignation statement

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

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