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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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