Applying to register a children’s home: top tips
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, sets out some top tips for completing an application to register a children’s home.
children's homes
In care during COVID-19 – what children told us about lockdown
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, sets out some of the early findings from our annual children’s social care survey.
The education of children in children’s homes
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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children looked after, children's homes, education
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, discusses new data on where children in children’s homes are educated.
Ofsted ratings and ‘hard to place’ children
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, discusses how the best providers support ‘hard to place’ children and children admitted in emergencies.
An unusual Christmas
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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care experienced, children looked after, children's homes, fostering, kinship care, local authorities
Our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, Yvette Stanley, on Christmas in care and a challenging year.
An extraordinary year: Ofsted's Annual Report
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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children looked after, children's homes, children's services, fostering, local authorities, partnership working
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, discusses our Annual Report for 2019/20.
Our regulatory work during lockdown
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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children looked after, children's homes, fostering, social care regulation
Our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, Yvette Stanley, discusses our children’s social care regulatory work during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) restrictions.
Children's social care visits: what to expect
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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children's homes, children's services, safeguarding, social care professionals
Yvette Stanley, National Director for Regulation and Social Care, talks about our children's social care visits that will start this Autumn.
Secure children’s homes – helping the most vulnerable children
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Shaun Common, Posted on:
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children looked after, children's homes, secure estate
Shaun Common, Ofsted’s Senior Officer for the Secure Estate, discusses the work of secure children’s homes.
Adoption: Let’s prioritise children, whatever their needs
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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adoption, children looked after, children's homes, fostering, kinship care
Policy and practice have to make sure that all children receive the right support at the right time, says Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care.