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Fostering: what do the latest statistics tell us?
Matthew Brazier, Ofsted's specialist advisor for looked after children, discusses our latest fostering statistics and what they tell us about the sector.
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A look ahead, and thank you
Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's work over the last year, and looks ahead to 2019.
Assessing risk in children's homes
National Director for Social Care, Yvette Stanley, discusses what makes a good risk assessment.
The changing picture in the children’s homes sector
Jason Bradbury, Ofsted's Deputy Director, Data and Insight, on children's homes and the picture painted by the latest annual data.
Children need stability in all areas of their lives
Many of you will have seen the findings of the Children’s Commissioner’s second Stability Index annual report that was launched at the beginning of the month. The report showed that nearly three quarters of children in care experienced either a …
Permanence for children in care
We are in the middle of this year’s Foster Care Fortnight, which is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate how foster carers transform the lives of children. We all know that many more foster carers are needed. I hope that this …
Yvette Stanley: My focus as National Director for Social Care
I’m delighted to have this opportunity to communicate with you in my new role as Ofsted’s National Director for Social Care. With week 1 under my belt, I’d like to talk a bit about what matters most to me and …
Fostering in England - what’s the latest picture?
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. Not only …