Manchester moves up out of ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating
Ofsted inspectors saw good evidence of improvement across all services areas at Manchester Council as they stated that the council’s children’s services are no longer ‘inadequate’.
Rating children’s services in Manchester as ‘requires improvement to be good’, inspectors highlighted strong leadership, an ambitious and well-articulated vision, ‘Our Manchester, our children’ and robust governance arrangements which are [...]
Siblings in foster care should be placed together where possible, MPs urge
Measures need to be stepped up to ensure foster children are placed with their siblings where possible, MPs have warned.
Publishing a report into fostering, the education select committee said that “efforts need to be redoubled” to place children with their siblings.
“One issue that is close to the hearts of many young people is that of [...]
Government publishes green paper on children’s mental health
The government has published a green paper on transforming children and young people’s mental health provision.
Under the government proposals, there will be a designated mental health lead in each school and college who will be responsible for the establishment’s approach to supporting pupils with mental health problems.
“We want to ensure that all children and [...]
Supported housing plan puts victims of domestic violence at risk
The lives of victims of domestic violence and their children could be put at risk. This is a result of the government’s plan for supported housing, Women’s Aid has warned.
Over half of refuges for victims of domestic abuse said they would be forced to close or reduce the services they offer if the government presses [...]
Ofsted inspections
A round up of Ofsted inspections from the last month.
Ofsted praises progress at Dudley
“Positive progress” has been noted at Dudley Council’s children’s services department by Ofsted in a monitoring visit of the authority.
In the fourth monitoring visit since the local authority was judged to be inadequate in April 2016, inspectors said the implementation of the [...]
Ofsted: South Tyneside's children's services are good
Children’s services in South Tyneside have been rated as good overall, with adoption performance being praised as outstanding by Ofsted.
The senior leadership team has systematically and comprehensively addressed shortfalls identified in the joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) in February 2016, and outcomes for children in need of help and protection and children looked after are [...]
