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Children's services departments are facing a "looming crisis" because of funding cuts, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.?

Good practices identified by Ofsted's tough single inspection framework

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

As Ofsted figures reveal that only 14 of 59 children's social care services assessed under the single inspection framework were rated as "good", CYP Now looks at three local authorities that have impressed inspectors.

Quiz of the year 2015

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!

DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

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Monday, December 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will have to cut its budget by a quarter over the next four years as a result of the government Spending Review, it has emerged.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Ducklings takes learning outside

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Sarratt Ducklings Pre-School, Hertfordshire | early years inspection | November 2015

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Local Spotlight: Hull City Council

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

New leadership team drives children's services improvements in Yorkshire port city in effort to turn the tide on its Ofsted rating.

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Two senior figures in Croydon children's services have resigned following the south London borough's damning Ofsted inspection.

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit has earned Wycombe Grange pupil referral unit its third "outstanding" Ofsted rating.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's homes, including one where a young person displaying sexually harmful behaviour was found to have had access to pornography, have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Peterborough City Council: Local Spotlight

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s services in prosperous commuter city are rated ‘good’, but young people face health and social challenges

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Behind the Inspection Rating: Club connects with happy children

Interview: Lord Jim Knight, chair of an independent review of Ofsted

DfE appoints commissioner at 'inadequate' council

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

Good practices identified by Ofsted's tough single inspection framework

Quiz of the year 2015

DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

Behind the Inspection Rating: Ducklings takes learning outside

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Local Spotlight: Hull City Council

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

Peterborough City Council: Local Spotlight

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