Search

Search Results

Found 138 results for .

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Three-quarters of English children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework (SIF) have been given the two lowest ratings, latest data reveals.

Care applications continue to soar

News

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of court applications being made for children to be taken into care are continuing to soar, with latest figures showing a 14 per cent increase compared with last year.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

News

Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

College of Social Work chief confirms closure within three months

News

Thursday, June 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) will close by the end of September, it has been announced.

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

News

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has ruled out the mass departure of social care inspectors, days after ditching 1,200 education inspectors for not being good enough.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

News

Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

News

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of children's charities has called on government to make "fundamental" changes to the care system including new ways of measuring outcomes to ensure young people's lives are being improved.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

News

Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

News

Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

News

Thursday, June 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrey has become the fourth authority in the space of a month to have its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors flagged up serious concerns about how it deals with child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

News

Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.