The children’s secure estate is a very important part of Ofsted’s work. Within Ofsted’s remit there are 13 secure children’s homes and one secure training centre. As well as inspecting secure children's homes and the secure training centre, we also …
The Department for Education (DfE) has published several documents as part of the children’s social care reforms: This blog will give some early views on what these will mean in practice and how they will affect inspection. We know you …
Last month Ofsted submitted its response to the government’s consultation Stable Homes, Built on Love. I am sure many of you did the same. There’s a lot in the proposals that we welcome. With additional resources and a sharp focus on …
The research referred to in this blog, ‘good decisions: children with complex needs in children's homes’, was published in January 2024. In the autumn, we will publish a research project on children with complex needs who live in children’s homes. …
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses our proposal to inspect the experiences and progress of care leavers. In June we announced proposals to introduce a separate judgement about the experiences and progress of care leavers in our …
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, celebrates foster carers’ invaluable contribution to the lives of the children they care for. This Foster Care Fortnight, as ever, we take our collective hats off to all foster carers, for the …
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care published its Case for Change on 17 June, having heard evidence from hundreds of people working with children and families, and from even more with lived experience of children’s social care. This builds on the huge response to its earlier calls for …
Our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, Yvette Stanley, on Christmas in care and a challenging year.
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, discusses our Annual Report for 2019/20.
Yvette Stanley, National Director for Regulation and Social Care, on the invaluable work of foster carers.