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Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Just seven councils are responsible for more than half the closures of children's centres since 2010 according to figures provided by childcare minister Sam Gyimah.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

News

Monday, March 30, 2015

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

News

Friday, October 24, 2014

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

News

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

Monday, June 23, 2014

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

News

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

News

Friday, February 14, 2014

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

News

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

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Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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