Staff morale improves at Croydon as it continues to improve
Services for children in Croydon continue to improve, Ofsted has said.
Inspectors visited the authority for the fifth monitoring visit since the local authority was judged inadequate in September 2017 and found staff morale is improving, with increasing confidence in the improvement journey under the new leadership.
"A permanent executive director and a permanent director of early [...]
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 has shown.
The local authority took concerted action to improve services and ensure that vulnerable children are considered as a corporate priority. The budget for children’s [...]
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, sustainable and child-focused service, which is underpinned by strong, effective political and corporate support, the inspection of children's services at Waltham Forest found.
"Leaders know their [...]
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 needs of children who have spent time in the care system, the charities say.
The charities including Adoption UK, NSPCC and YoungMinds have written to Schools Minister [...]
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 left it at Parsons Green station.
Penny and Ron Jones, who have fostered 269 children for the council and been awarded MBEs for their services, claim [...]
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 judged to be good,with adoption judged to be outstanding. Since then, improvements have been made including more robust arrangements in the multi-agency support and safeguarding [...]
