Language guide launched for children in care system
Children leaving the care system would prefer to be known as a ‘care experienced adult’ rather than ‘a care leaver,’ a new guide aimed at changing the way professionals talk…
Children are at risk of significant harm in Stoke-on-Trent
Children are not being protected by Stoke on Trent’s children’s services, Ofsted has said rating the local authority’s children’s services as inadequate. Children experience serious and widespread delays in having…
Ofsted notes impressive progress at Staffordshire
Leaders and managers at Staffordshire children’s services have made impressive progress since a focused visit in 2018 which highlighted a deterioration in the quality of some services, an Ofsted inspection…
Waltham Forest significantly improves
Services for children in Waltham Forest are good and have significantly improved since the last inspection in 2015, according to Ofsted. Leaders have made strong progress to establish a resilient,…
Teachers need to understand needs of children in care
Teachers need to better understand the trauma that children in care have experienced, a group of charities has warned. Guidance on teaching practice in England needs to better reflect the…
Foster carers to sue Surrey Council over Parsons Green bomber
A couple who have been foster carers for 47 years are taking legal action against Surrey Council after they placed a child with the couple who made a bomb and…
Stockport further strengthens child protection services
Stockport has further strengthened services for children who need help and protection, Ofsted has found. Stockport children’s services were last inspected by Ofsted in July 2017 and all areas were…
Barnet care leavers’ service steadily improving
The London Borough of Barnet has continued to focus steadily on developing and delivering improvements to the ‘onwards and upwards’service for care leavers since the previous inspection, Ofsted has found….
Slough makes significant progress
Significant progress has been made by Slough council and Slough Children’s Services Trust in tackling the deep-rooted problems which led to the service being judged inadequate in 2011, 2013 and…
Oldham requires improvement to be good
Since the last inspection of Oldham children’s services in 2015, strategic leadership has not delivered continuous improvement of services for children, Ofsted has said. During 2016–17, although leaders had access…
