Ofsted praises Hillingdon children’s services
Hillingdon children’s services have been praised for significantly improving since the previous inspection as Ofsted has rated the authority good.
An “impressive pace of change” has resulted in services of consistently good quality provided by skilled and highly motivated staff, supported by purposeful corporate investment and commitment, Ofsted found.
“Leaders know their services well and were [...]
Women in poorer households more likely to experience domestic abuse
Women living in low income households are more likely to experience domestic abuse, statistics have revealed.
Office for National Statistics figures reveal that women living in households with an income of less than £10,000 were more than four times as likely to have experienced partner abuse in the last 12 months than women living in households [...]
Early help improves at Dudley
The quality of early help services at Dudley children’s services has improved since the last inspection, Ofsted has said.
The sixth monitoring visit since the local authority was judged to be inadequate in April 2016 which concentrated on Dudley’s early help offer to children and families found more children are able to access support as [...]
Childrens safety put at risk in family courts
Discrimination within the family courts; childrens safety put at risk, a report by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University has claimed.
The report reveals that there is a prevalence of “damaging gendered stereotypes and harmful attitudes towards domestic abuse survivors and mothers within the family courts” which is putting survivors and their children’s safety at risk [...]
Ofsted: Management oversight in Plymouth is strong
Performance management and management oversight are strong overall in Plymouth, said Ofsted.
A focused visit to Plymouth which looked at the local authority’s arrangements at the first point of contact for children who need help and protection in accordance with the Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services framework found that senior leaders and members have focused [...]
Staff at Slough ‘committed to improving outcomes for children’
Senior leaders at Slough have worked purposely and carefully to ensure that early permanence planning is embedded in practice across the children’s workforce, Ofsted said.
In the sixth monitoring visit since the local authority was judged inadequate in February 2016, inspectors found that senior leaders have continued to respond to the findings from previous monitoring [...]
