Ofsted notes improvement at Kirklees
Strong and resilient senior leadership has underpinned improvement in practice at Kirklees from a considerably low base since the last inspection of children’s services in 2016 where Ofsted rated the…
Pace of improvement at Croydon is accelerating
Children and young people in Croydon are beginning to receive a better quality of service, and the pace of improvement is accelerating, according to Ofsted. The sixth monitoring visit since…
Concerns raised over SGOs made to people with no pre-existing relationship
Concerns have been raised about whether Special Guardianship Orders are being made in the best interests of both children and their carers. A report commissioned by the Nuffield Family Justice…
Care system shifts following explosion of teenagers entering care
The care system is shifting from predominantly babies and younger children being in care to an “explosion” in the number of older children and teenagers becoming looked after, the children’s…
Progress made at Worcestershire
Progress has been made in many areas of children’s services in Worcestershire since the last inspection, when the local authority was judged to be inadequate in all key areas of…
Quality of services at Wirral improves
The quality of services for children has improved in all areas in Wirral since the last inspection in 2016, when services were judged to be inadequate overall. The appointment of…
Northamptonshire is rated inadequate again
Northamptonshire’s children’s services are failing to keep children safe and have been rated inadequate again by Ofsted. While some progress has been made since the Ofsted focused visit in October…
Ofsted reports
A summary of Ofsted reports of children’s services published during July. Wokingham requires improvement to be good, says Ofsted Children’s services at Wokingham require improvement to be good, Ofsted has…
Wokingham requires improvement to be good, says Ofsted
Children’s services at Wokingham require improvement to be good, Ofsted has said. The report outlines that last summer, Wokingham children’s social care services experienced a rapid rise in demand for…
Expert’s Corner – Interview with Angela Frazer-Wicks
Clare Jerrom talks to Angela Frazer-Wicks about her experiences of the care system after her children were placed for adoption in 2004. “Mummy,” my five year old son said, “You’d…
