Children and families services
 In 2010/11, Ofsted carried out more than 2,350 inspections of providers of children and families services. We focus on the key findings from these in the Annual Report.
This month, you can also read about the diary entries of children and young people in care, as they describe their day-to-day routine in their own words. There are inspection updates and a good practice case study, which we hope you find useful.
News
Annual Report focus on children and families services - The Report reveals that, overall, the quality of services for children and families continues to improve in children’s homes, in adoption and fostering and in local authorities. However, one in five of the local authorities inspected this year are failing to protect children in their area adequately from risk of harm.
In this video, John Goldup, Ofsted's National Director, Development and Strategy, introduces children and families services highlights from the Report.
The children's social care and children's services assessments sections from the Annual Report 2010/11 are on the Ofsted website.
The majority of local authorities are providing good services for local children and young people - Ofsted has published the outcomes of the 2011 annual children’s services assessments for local authorities across England. It shows that the majority of authorities are providing good or better children’s services, with 28 authorities providing excellent services for children in their area, eight more than last year.
Universal Children’s Day - With many countries around the world celebrating Universal Children’s Day on 20 November, Ofsted explains how the Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, is helping to ensure that some of our most vulnerable children and young people are being given a voice.
Personal diary entries of children about care, support and life away from home - The Children’s Rights Director published the 100 days in care report on 15 November. It documents 100 personal diary entries about children’s experience of being in care, leaving care, and living in boarding schools or residential special schools.
Official statistics: Children's social care inspections and outcomes – 22 Nov 2011
This quarterly release comprises commentary, charts and tables in pdf format, charts and tables in Excel format, and the underlying data in Excel and comma separated values (.csv) format. There is an additional release to provide the data which covers the period of the Annual Report 2010/11.
Official statistics: Children's social care providers and places – 4 Nov 2011
Ofsted has a database of registered children’s social care providers and residential accommodation for children in boarding schools and further education colleges in England, including the maximum number of places a provider may offer at any one time. This quarterly release comprises commentary and charts in pdf format and charts and tables in Excel format.
Good practice
The journey from inadequate to good using the Common Assessment Framework processes and ‘team around the child' approach - 24 Oct 2011
This example shows how Swindon Borough Council and its partners used various approaches to improve both practice and the provision of services for children and families in the borough.
Communication and consultation with children and young people with learning disabilities – 6 Oct 2011
This case study illustrates the flexible and effective approaches used by Bridges Resource Centre in communicating and consulting with children and young people with learning disabilities and a complex mixture of communication difficulties.
For more good practice case studies from children and families services across the country, visit www.goodpractice.ofsted.gov.uk
Inspection updates
Management of cross-remit concerns about children's welfare – 10 Nov 2011
This document clarifies Ofsted’s approach to concerns about a local authority’s arrangements for children and young people that arise during any inspection of a social care service, early years or education provider.
Report on Ofsted’s consultation about the new draft framework for inspecting residential provision in boarding and residential special schools – 2 Nov 2011
This is an evaluation report on Ofsted’s consultation about the new framework for inspecting residential provision in maintained, non-maintained and independent boarding and residential special schools from January 2012.
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This section covers news from all the sectors we inspect and regulate.
In 2010/11 Ofsted carried out more than 6,000 inspections of schools. We focus on the key findings from these in the Annual Report.
In 2010/11, Ofsted carried out more than 371 inspections of learning and skills provision. We focus on the key findings from these in the Annual Report.
In 2010/11, Ofsted carried out more than 21,000 inspections of childcare and early education providers. We focus on the key findings from these in the Annual Report.
