Matthew Brazier

Matthew Brazier is Ofsted's Specialist Adviser for looked after children and Project Director, Supported Accommodation. He is a social care inspector (HMI).

Inspections of supported accommodation: information for supported lodgings hosts

Matthew Brazier, 18 September 2024 - inspectors, social care regulation, supported accommodation

From September 2024, Ofsted will inspect registered services that provide supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 or 17. We want to make sure that services are helping young people and keeping them safe. And we …

Fostering: what do the latest statistics tell us?

Matthew Brazier, 15 February 2019 - children looked after, fostering, social care professionals

Matthew Brazier, Ofsted's specialist advisor for looked after children, discusses our latest fostering statistics and what they tell us about the sector.

Fostering in England - what’s the latest picture?

Matthew Brazier, 29 March 2018 - children looked after, children's services, fostering, social work

Today we published our annual fostering data: ‘Fostering in England – 2016-17’.  As ever, we are grateful to all the agencies and local authorities for the time they have taken to collect and share their data with us.

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This blog looks at the way Ofsted inspects and regulates the social care sector: local authority children's services and social care providers, such as children's homes.

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