• Find a children and families services inspection report
• Understanding a children and families services inspection report
• Types of children and families services Ofsted inspects
• Inspecting children and families services
  • Inspecting children's social care
    • Before a children's social care inspection
    • During a children's social care inspection
    • After a children's social care inspection
  • Inspecting Cafcass
  • Inspecting local authority children's services
• Types of children and families services Ofsted regulates
• Regulating children and families services
• Safeguarding children
• About our survey reports
• How to complain

Inspecting children's social care

The pages on the left will tell you what happens before, during and after a children's social care inspection. This page has an overview.

Before an inspection

The Before an inspection page will tell you what happens before an inspection. It covers issues like gathering information for the inspection and the preparations the service should make before an inspection.

During an inspection

The During an inspection page will tell you what happens during an inspection. The inspectors spend time on various tasks.

After an inspection

The After an inspection page will tell you what happens after an inspection. It covers issues like the inspection report and what happens if the provider is judged inadequate.