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Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

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Friday, March 31, 2017

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Children's services at three councils have been rated as "good" following inspections by Ofsted.

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

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Monday, March 23, 2015

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Children's services in Leicester are "inadequate" and in urgent need of improvement, according to a damning inspection report by Ofsted.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

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

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

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Friday, July 7, 2017

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Inspectors have praised swift improvements at a council's children's services department, which has been rated as "good", just two years after receiving an "inadequate" judgment.

Ofsted heaps praise on care leaver support scheme

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

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A government-backed initiative to support care leavers has been singled out for praise by Ofsted which has awarded a council's children's services department the first "outstanding" rating for the service area.

Care leavers feel they left care too early, Ofsted research shows

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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More than a third of care leavers feel they left care too early and report feeling “lonely”, “unsafe” and unable to manage finances, a new report by Ofsted reveals.

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

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

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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).

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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The government has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at a council rated "inadequate" by Ofsted due to serious child protection failures.

Schooling calls on councils to boost support for care leavers

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

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Councils need to improve their support for children leaving care, with too many failing to provide adequate support in time, Ofsted's director of social care Eleanor Schooling has said.

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Ofsted has praised improvements to the quality of "front door" social work in Liverpool, following an inspection of children's services, although provision overall has been rated as "requires improvement".

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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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.

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

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Monday, November 9, 2015

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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.

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

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A council's children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year.

London borough moves out of 'inadequate' following Ofsted inspection

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Monday, July 23, 2018

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Children's services in the London Borough of Wandsworth have been elevated from "inadequate" to "requires improvement" with inspectors praising the council's leadership for working "diligently" to turn around performance.

Reduced caseloads net council 'good' Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

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Ofsted has praised a council's children's services for reducing social worker caseloads and focusing on placing children locally, handing services a "good" rating overall.

Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

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Friday, January 19, 2018

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Standards at an independent trust set up to improve the quality of children's services provision in Doncaster have been rated "good" following a re-inspection by Ofsted, just two years after receiving the lowest rating.

Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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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

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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.

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Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

Ofsted heaps praise on care leaver support scheme

Care leavers feel they left care too early, Ofsted research shows

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

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

Schooling calls on councils to boost support for care leavers

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

London borough moves out of 'inadequate' following Ofsted inspection

Reduced caseloads net council 'good' Ofsted rating

Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

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