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Ofsted rates Havering's children's services inadequate 16/02/2024 Havering LBC’s children’s services have been rated inadequate by Government regulator Ofsted after a two-week on-site inspection.
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Ofsted warns against placing children in unregistered homes 15/08/2023 Ofsted has warned councils against placing vulnerable children, including those subject to deprivation of liberty orders, in unregistered children’s homes.
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Ofsted announces shakeup after suicide 12/06/2023 The system for inspecting schools in England is facing a shakeup after the suicide of head teacher Ruth Perry led to calls for reform.
Kent receives improvement notice for SEND failings 06/04/2023 An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educational needs and disability (SEND) services.
East Riding children's services rated ‘good’ 28/03/2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council's children's services have been rated good, less than three years after being told by inspectors they were inadequate.
Head teacher’s death prompts call for Ofsted inspection pause 21/03/2023 Education unions have called for Ofsted inspections to be paused following the death of a head teacher who was waiting for a report on her school.
Herefordshire Council to retain control of children’s services 02/03/2023 Herefordshire Council will be able to retain control over its troubled children's services department for now but it will have to demonstrate improvements.
Commissioner warns children's services could be removed from Sefton 07/02/2023 A Government-appointed commissioner has warned Sefton Council’s children’s services are still in ‘severe difficulties’ and could be removed from local control.
Ofsted downgrades over 300 ‘outstanding’ schools 22/11/2022 Hundreds of schools that had a graded inspection last year did not retain their outstanding grade, an Ofsted report has revealed.
Warning of 'last minute dash' to find care placements for children 18/11/2022 Local authorities are being forced to make a ‘last minute dash’ to find homes for children coming into care due to a lack of suitable accommodation, a report has warned today.
Improvement notice for Nottingham's children's services 25/10/2022 An improvement notice has been handed to Nottingham City Council over its children’s services.
Ofsted blasts Cheshire East’s safeguarding services 27/09/2022 Child safeguarding services in Cheshire East have ‘serious and fundamental weaknesses’ which leave children at risk of exploitation, according to Ofsted.
Notts council children’s service ‘Inadequate’ 05/09/2022 Nottingham City Council has expressed regret that its children’s service is ‘not where it should be’ after Ofsted rated them as ‘Inadequate’.
Council’s children’s services ‘improved in all areas’ 15/08/2022 Coventry City Council’s children's services have been rated as ‘good’ following its latest Ofsted inspection.
Ofsted calls for social care workforce strategy 27/07/2022 The watchdog the need is ‘more urgent than ever’ as it published a report looking at the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on children’s social care.
Ofsted rates Kent children’s services ‘outstanding’ 06/07/2022 Kent children’s services rated ‘outstanding’ with inspectors recognising the council cares for ‘unparalleled numbers’ of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
York council set to share children’s social care action plan 22/06/2022 York Council will share a plan outlining how the council will improve its services for children after an inspection said the services ‘required improvement’.
Consultation for new SEND inspection framework launched 14/06/2022 Ofsted and the CQC have today launched a consultation on a new draft framework for inspecting local provision for children and young people with SEND.
Children’s services in Manchester rated ‘Good’ 20/05/2022 Children’s services delivered by Manchester council have been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted for the first time since the body started inspecting council services.
Improvements in Torbay Council’s children’s services ‘impressive’, Ofsted say 19/05/2022 Torbay Council’s children’s services have ‘significantly improved’ after years of underperforming, an Ofsted inspection has concluded.
Commission calls for end to school ‘exclusions culture’ 29/04/2022 The rise in the number of exclusions from schools leads to teenagers being put at risk of exploitation and serious violence, new report warns.
Ofsted to increase focus on early years education 26/04/2022 The schools watchdog will increase its focus on early years education over the next five years as part of the effort to help children impacted by the pandemic.
Report calls for a national audit on needs of children in care 13/04/2022 There needs to be a national audit around the needs of children in care, a new study from Ofsted has said today.
Government intervenes over council's 'inadequate' children's services 11/04/2022 The Government has issued a statutory direction to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council forcing it to improve its children’s social care services.
Councils to be allowed to set up multi-academy trusts 28/03/2022 Local authority leaders have welcomed the Government’s plan to allow councils to set up and run their own multi-academy trusts.
A third of care leavers say they left care before they were ready 19/01/2022 More than a third of care leavers feel they left care too early, a new survey has revealed today.
Council chiefs welcome new measures to improve children’s social care 16/12/2021 Local authority leaders have welcomed new measures aimed at stopping poor quality supported accommodation providers and rooting out bad practice.
Schools show improvement despite pandemic, Ofsted finds 13/12/2021 Schools across the UK have shown signs of improvement despite the impact of the pandemic, school inspectors say.
Spielman: No silver bullet for children's social care 07/12/2021 Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has warned there is no ‘silver bullet’ to the long-term problems in the children’s social care sector.
Council pledges to support children after services rated ‘inadequate’ 29/11/2021 The leadership of North East Lincolnshire Council has pledged to protect and support young people after the local authority’s children’s services were judged ‘inadequate’.
Ofsted to inspect all schools by summer 2025 17/11/2021 All schools and colleges will be inspected by Ofsted by summer 2025 to determine how education is recovering from the pandemic.
Figures paint 'bleak picture' of foster care 12/11/2021 A lack of foster carers means vulnerable children are not getting the support they need, Ofsted has warned.
SEND children being left behind by council 31/08/2021 Children with special educational needs are being left behind by council services across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, inspectors have found.
Children's services in Sunderland leap from Inadequate to Outstanding 20/08/2021 Children's services in Sunderland, delivered by Together for Children, are the first in the country to make the leap from Inadequate to Outstanding.
Ofsted publishes new guidance for confronting sexual abuse 29/06/2021 Ofsted has published updated education inspection handbooks, clarifying how inspectors will assess how schools and colleges confront sexual harassment, abuse and violence among children and young people.
Most children in care feel safe where they live 21/06/2021 A new survey has found that while the majority of children in social care settings are happy where they live, nearly one in 20 regularly feel unsafe.
Sexual harassment ‘normalised’ for children, Ofsted warns 10/06/2021 Sexual harassment, including online sexual abuse, has become ‘normalised’ for children and young people, Ofsted has found.
Council chiefs call for review of SEND system to be completed ‘urgently’ 14/05/2021 Council leaders have called on Government to ‘urgently complete’ its review of the SEND system and to ensure councils have funding to support SEND children.
Ofsted to visit schools facing sexual abuse allegations 08/04/2021 Ofsted has announced it will visit a sample of schools and colleges in England where sexual abuse claims have been made.
West Sussex to keep control of children’s services for at least 12 months 11/12/2020 West Sussex County Council will keep control of its children’s services for at least another year following improvements made, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.
Pandemic made vulnerable children 'invisible' report warns 01/12/2020 Vulnerable children became 'invisible' during the pandemic, Ofsted's chief inspector warned today.
Capacity in foster care is stalling, data reveals 13/11/2020 The number of applications to become a foster carer has fallen by 10% since March last year, new data has revealed.
Ofsted warns of COVID impact on SEND support 09/11/2020 The pandemic has ‘seriously affected’ support for special educational needs an disabilities (SEND), according to Ofsted.
Spike in child abuse since pandemic 06/11/2020 Ofsted’s chief inspector has warned of an increase in the number of child injuries and deaths uncovered by local authorities since the onset of the pandemic.
Local areas to get extra support to strengthen SEND services 10/07/2020 Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) will visit local areas to help them improve their SEND services following the disruption caused by COVID-19.
Middlesbrough to keep control of its children's services 05/06/2020 Middlesbrough Council will be allowed to keep control of its 'inadequate' children's services to allow further improvements to be made.
MPs tell department to 'get a grip' on SEND 05/05/2020 The Department for Education (DfE) does not have a grip on mounting pressure in the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system, a watchdog has found.
Devon CC’s children’s services criticised for ‘serious failures’ 19/03/2020 Ofsted has found ‘serious failures’ in services for young people in Devon as they discovered a minority of care leavers had been living in tents.
Yorkshire council criticises Ofsted rating based on ‘short inspection visit’ 16/03/2020 A local authority in Yorkshire has said it is ‘disappointed’ by an Ofsted rating of its children’s social care services which concluded they were ‘inadequate’.
Council first outside London to transform flagging children’s services to ‘outstanding’ 03/03/2020 A Midlands council has become the first outside of London to transform children’s services from ‘requires improvement to be good’ to ‘outstanding’.
Council announces £4.4m for ‘significantly declined’ children’s services 07/02/2020 Hull City Council has announced a series of measures to improve children’s services after Ofsted concluded that the experiences of children in care had ‘significantly declined.’
Councils sent back to drawing board on SEND 28/01/2020 Councils have been sent back to the drawing board after a quango ripped apart their plans to recover massive special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) deficits.
Plans for ‘universal’ school inspections launched 10/01/2020 Ofsted will visit all schools judged to be outstanding within the next five academic years, the Government has announced.
‘Stuck’ schools need more tailored support, inspectors say 08/01/2020 Hundreds of schools in England are ‘stuck’ in a cycle of low performance and need more tailored support to improve, a new Ofsted report has found.
School league tables ‘misrepresent’ performance, northern leaders say 30/10/2019 Secondary school league tables misrepresent performance by failing to show the difference when pupil background is taken into account, northern leaders say.
Reading’s children’s services improvement ‘huge achievement' 30/10/2019 A council-owned company has moved Reading's children's services out of its ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating.
Council to re-direct £5.5m to 'inadequate' children’s services 18/10/2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council has approved plans to invest £5.5m into its children’s services following an ‘inadequate’ rating from Ofsted earlier this year.
Children with special educational needs home schooled ‘as last resort’ 15/10/2019 Parents of SEN children often home school their kids as a last resort rather than a preferred choice, a new Ofsted report has revealed.
Six councils conned into spending thousands of pounds on illegal school 03/10/2019 Six local authorities were duped into paying thousands of pounds to educate vulnerable children in an unsafe illegal school.
Labour pledges to scrap ‘unfit for purpose’ Ofsted 23/09/2019 Labour has vowed to scrap Ofsted and replace it with regular ‘health checks’ led by local government.
New measures to improve underperforming schools 02/09/2019 A new specialist academy trust to take on and turn around the most challenging schools will be launched by the Government.
Commissioner appointed to oversee council’s ‘inadequate’ children’s services 27/08/2019 The Government has appointed a commissioner to improve Medway Council’s children’s services after Ofsted rated them ‘inadequate’.
'Slow progress' two years after inadequate judgement 24/05/2019 Gloucestershire CC is making ‘slow progress’ in improving its services for its children and young people two years after it was judged inadequate, Ofsted has found.
Council schools get better Ofsted ratings than academies, report finds 23/05/2019 Council-maintained schools are more likely to remain ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ than their academy counterparts, new research suggests.
Suffolk CC’s children’s services awarded ‘outstanding’ 22/05/2019 Ofsted inspectors have awarded children’s services at Suffolk County Council the top grade of ‘outstanding'.
Hull council commits £2m to improve ‘inadequate’ children’s services 20/05/2019 Hull CC has promised to ‘accelerate’ its improvement plans and invest an extra £2m into its children’s services after they were rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted.
New school inspections framework to discourage ‘teaching to the test’ 14/05/2019 Teachers have welcomed Ofsted's new inspection framework which pledges to focus on curriculum, behaviour and development rather than on test results.
Schools ‘fear-monger’ to remove pupils, survey finds 10/05/2019 Teachers have told Ofsted that they want to see more support for parents to help them push back against the practice of ‘off-rolling’.
Ofsted to retain grading system in new inspection framework 30/04/2019 Ofsted has decided to retain its current 4-point grading system when it launches its new inspection framework in September.
Call for inspection pause in case of Brexit hit 10/04/2019 Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six months if Brexit threatens to stretch capacity.
Children ‘not being protected’ by Stoke-on-Trent Council 19/03/2019 Children’s social care services are ‘inadequate’ at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, according to the findings of a new Ofsted inspection.
Education watchdog calls time on ‘teaching to the test' 16/01/2019 Ofsted says it is moving away from its focus on performance data as the watchdog launches a consultation on proposals for changes to its inspection framework.
Bromley children’s services undergo ‘remarkable’ improvements 09/01/2019 Bromley council are ‘extremely proud’ after Ofsted rated their children’s services, which were ‘inadequate’ two years ago, ‘good’ with ‘outstanding’ leadership.
Wakefield avoids intervention over children's services 13/12/2018 Wakefield Council should retain control of its children’s services, a commissioner has recommended.
Nearly 500 underperforming schools ‘betrayal of children’s futures.’ 01/11/2018 The chief inspector of Ofsted has warned that the existence of nearly 500 ‘stuck’ schools is ‘nothing short of a scandal.’
Birmingham ‘lacks’ leadership on SEND issues 11/09/2018 Birmingham City Council has said it is ‘very disappointed’ by the results of a special educational needs and disabilities inspection and said it would take urgent action to make ‘significant improvements’.
Ofsted ‘fig leaf’ for Whitehall failures on school standards 07/09/2018 Ofsted is not providing the level of independent assurance about the quality of education that schools and parents need, MPs warn.
Thousands of children in care where councils are providing failing services, warns report 20/08/2018 Politicians have been accused of ignoring a 'silent crisis' of substandard care for children who are later facing social and economic problems in their adult lives.
An 'outstanding' example for children's services 09/08/2018 A county in the north of England provides a shining example of how to run children's care services, writes Mark Whitehead.
Inspectors praise Peterborough’s ‘thriving’ children’s services 07/08/2018 Inspectors have praised Peterborough City Council for creating the conditions for the city’s children’s services ‘to thrive’.
County first to be rated 'outstanding' in all areas of children's social care 06/08/2018 North Yorkshire County Council has become the first authority to receive an ‘outstanding’ grade in every category under the new social care inspection framework.
Wakefield prepare for full Ofsted inspection 05/06/2018 Ofsted will carry out a full inspection of Wakefield’s children’s services after they were rated ‘requiring improvement’ two years ago.
Ofsted criticised for not offering ‘value for money’ 24/05/2018 Ofsted has struggled to meet its inspection targets due to ‘significant’ financial and staffing challenges, auditors say.
Children's services blow for new chiefs 16/05/2018 Surrey CC’s children’s services are still inadequate, according to Ofsted – three years after they received the same grade.
Whitehall announces decision to ‘simplify’ school assessment system 04/05/2018 Head teachers have welcomed the Government’s decision to ‘simplify’ the system by which schools performance is assessed.
Council’s children’s services remain ‘inadequate’, inspectors say 29/01/2018 A re-inspection of Sandwell Council’s children’s services found they remain ‘inadequate’ ahead of the launch of the council’s new Children’s Trust.
Rotherham's children's services rated 'good' in dramatic turnaround 29/01/2018 Rotherham Council’s children’s services have been rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted, following three years of Government intervention in the aftermath of the child sexual exploitation scandal.
Nearly 1,000 children's centres not inspected for five years 22/01/2018 The Government has been accused of dragging its feet over inspections of children's centres, which have been frozen since 2015.
Children's services in Norfolk no longer need intervention 19/01/2018 Norfolk County Council’s beleaguered children’s services no longer require intervention after Ofsted found the council has now improved.

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Recovery Worker Substance Misuse

£30931 - £35362 per annum + + 26 Days Leave & Defined Benefit Pension

Recovery Worker Substance MisusePermanent, Full Time£30,931 to £35,362 per annumLocation

Recuriter: Essex County Council

Principal Transport Officer

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

£63,112 per annum

leading the capital’s largest new regeneration project. Brent Civic Centre (32 Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ).

Recuriter: Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

Senior Occupational Therapist

£43477 - £52302 per annum + Flexible Working, Hybrid, CPD, Gov Pension

The role will be responsible for supporting adults to develop their abilities to enable them to live as independently as possible. This may include England, Essex, Harlow

Recuriter: Essex County Council

Director of Commissioning and Performance

£100,157 - £109,081

We are looking for an individual to help us achieve excellence in adult social care in Northumberland. Northumberland County Council, Morpeth, United Kingdom

Recuriter: Northumberland County Council

Payroll Manager

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

£46,014 to £55,758 per annum

About the role You will have a set of on-going responsibilities which will vary depending on the needs of the team. The responsibilities include (but not limited to) to

Recuriter: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

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