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Call for Greening to overhaul 'deeply flawed' Ofsted system

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A senior director of children's services (DCS) has called for Education Secretary Justine Greening to take urgent action to improve the way children's services are inspected, claiming the current system fails to aid improvement and is "phenomenally wasteful".

Ofsted praises CSE progress in Bromley

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  • Monday, September 11, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A council where children's services were found to be "inadequate" last year has made good progress in improving support for children at risk of sexual exploitation (CSE), inspectors have found.

Children's trust boss steps down in wake of Ofsted report

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  • Thursday, February 8, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The chief executive of the second children's services department in England moved out of council control has announced her intention to step down from the role, just days after Ofsted published a report highlighting concerns about the pace of progress.

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.

Rise in number of serious case reviews

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  • Thursday, October 29, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) conducted into child deaths, abuse and serious injuries has risen by more than 16 per cent in the past year.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

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  • Tuesday, December 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.