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OFSTED
Christmas comes early
25 October 2017
Diary has a nephew who at an age fast approaching nine still believes – or at least pretends to –...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted: More to do to improve Birmingham's children's services
By Dan Peters | 20 October 2017
Birmingham City Council has ‘further work’ to do to improve its children’s services, an Ofsted mo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Government backs sector-led improvement for children's services
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2017
The Department for Education (DfE) has signalled a major policy shift with a £20m investment for ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Worcestershire's children's services showing 'tangible' signs of progress, inspectors say
By William Eichler | 12 October 2017
Worcestershire CC's children’s services are showing ‘tangible’ signs of improvement but require ‘...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Knowsley chief wins praise for turning around kids' services
By Dan Peters | 10 October 2017
The independent chair of Knowsley MBC’s children’s services improvement board has praised the cou...
EDUCATION
Brum praised for tackling illegal schools
By Hiba Mahamadi | 27 September 2017
Ofsted’s chief inspector has praised Birmingham City Council for working with the regulator to ta...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Systemic and persistent' failures in council's children's services
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2017
Worcestershire CC has said it has invested an extra £5.1m into improving children’s social care t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Sector-led approach shows results for kids' services
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2017
A new approach to sector-led improvement for children’s services could be announced next month, T...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A new hope for children's services?
By Dan Peters | 13 September 2017
At a crucial and at times troubling period for children’s services, and with new Ofsted leadershi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Rotherham wins back more control
By Dan Peters | 13 September 2017
Rotherham MBC has won back democratic control of all functions apart from children’s social care,...
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