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Yvette Stanley: My focus as National Director for Social Care

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 …

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Do it for the child, not Ofsted

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 13 July 2017 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals

No one ever became a social worker because they wanted to fill out forms. I’m sure, like me, you work in children’s services because you care about children who need help. Always through no fault of their own. Yes, it …

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Culture creators and great managers

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 29 June 2017 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals

Good leaders are simultaneously culture creators and great managers. They know what systemic good practice looks like, both in principle and in people’s day to day work. They can combine their knowledge of how the system works, and could improve, …

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Future inspection of local authority children’s services – progressing well

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 20 April 2017 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework
Eleanor Schooling

This is a really interesting time for me and my colleagues at Ofsted as we shape how we think Ofsted inspections can add the most value in vulnerable children’s lives from January 2018 (the new inspection framework will be published …

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The education of children in care

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 12 April 2017 - Categories: children's services, education, social care professionals

We’re approaching the dreaded exam period. Children and young people up and down the country will soon find out whether all their hard work has paid off.

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A conversation with the social care sector

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 3 March 2017 - Categories: children's services, social care professionals
Eleanor Schooling

Having been at Ofsted for more than a year, I want to have a conversation about the big issues that social workers and other social care professionals deal with in their working day.

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New framework for social care inspections

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 17 February 2017 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework
Children's home

At the end of February, we were delighted to publish Ofsted’s new social care common inspection framework (SCCIF). Simply put, it brings together all our inspection guidance for 8 different types of settings into one straightforward framework.

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About Ofsted - developments in social care inspection

This blog looks at the way Ofsted inspects the social care sector: local authority children's services and social care providers, such as children's homes. We help social care professionals stay up to date on issues and developments in the sector.

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