Shaun Common, Ofsted’s Senior Officer for the Secure Estate, discusses the work of secure children’s homes.
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses our ILACS implementation review.
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses the important role of adult mental health services as part of the multi-agency approach to helping and protecting children.
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, talks about why effective social work at the ‘pre-proceedings’ stage (the period before court proceedings begin in applications for care orders) is so important, and what our inspections tell us about it.
National Director for Social Care, Yvette Stanley, discusses why good case recording is so important.
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, explains the difference between unregistered and unregulated provision for children.
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s National Director for Social Care, talks about the financial pressures faced by local authorities, and the impact on child protection and wider services for children and families.
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Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's National Director for Social Care, discusses our new research into good decisions for looked after children.
Jason Bradbury, Deputy Director for Data and Insight, discusses incident notifications from social care providers regulated by Ofsted.
Our specialist advisor for residential care, Helen Humphreys, discusses the common features of good and outstanding residential special schools.