Ofsted has sharpened its focus on stability for children in care in its judgments of social care providers, particularly children’s homes and independent fostering agencies. The changes to its social ...

Ofsted’s sharpened focus on children’s stability in care placements has been welcomed by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS).

Safeguarding has a lot of sway in inspections ... all open cases with children’s services or social care - and all pupils who have a multi-agency plan. On the day, the Ofsted inspector will ...

Ofsted has awarded Camden Council’s children’s services its top rating, after inspectors judged its social care system to have grown “even stronger”. Following a visit from the regulator ...

There have been almost 20,000 reports of serious childcare incidents in nurseries in England in the past five years, the BBC ...

A children’s home run by Milton Keynes City Council has been commended for the care ... by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, Furze House in Furzton has ...

Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, is a UK government department established in 1992. It inspects and regulates services for children and young people ...

Upper Pendeford Farm in Wolverhampton helps up to six children learn how to cook and use public transport, as well as taking them on trips, the city council said. Ofsted found staff were committed ...

Foster Care Associates (FCA), matches children in care with foster families throughout the North East of the UK and was commended by Ofsted for ... and a supervising social worker to provide ...

strengthened management oversight across children’s social care and improvements made around domestic abuse and neglect. Knowsley Council's 'inadequate' Ofsted rating means it's now the fourth ...