Inspections of local authority children's services

Guidance on local authority children’s services judged inadequate, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspections.

Guidance and regulation

Inspecting local authority children's services
- Guidance
- 13 December 2024
- Ofsted
Solihull JTAI: the multi-agency response to identification of initial need and risk
- Guidance
- 21 February 2022
- Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, and HM Inspectorate of Probation
Joint inspections of the response to child sexual abuse in the family environment
- Guidance
- 8 May 2019
- Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, and HM Inspectorate of Probation

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News and communications

Revised direction to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: September 2024
- 17 September 2024
- Department for Education
- Decision
Direction issued to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: March 2024
- 17 September 2024
- Department for Education
- Decision
Direction issued to Halton Borough Council: August 2024
- 11 September 2024
- Department for Education
- Decision
Revised direction issued to Middlesbrough Council: direction revoked
- 9 September 2024
- Department for Education
- Decision
Improvement notice issued to Bury Council: May 2024
- 21 May 2024
- Department for Education
- Decision

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Research and statistics

Herefordshire children’s services: commissioner’s reports
- 4 December 2024
- Department for Education
- Independent report
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: commissioner's report
- 17 September 2024
- Department for Education
- Independent report
Birmingham City Council’s SEND service: commissioner's report
- 29 August 2024
- Department for Education
- Independent report
Solihull children's services: commissioner report
- 17 March 2023
- Department for Education
- Independent report
Sefton children's services: commissioner report
- 28 October 2022
- Department for Education
- Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

Introducing a separate judgement about care leavers within the inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS)
- 2 December 2022
- Ofsted
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 29 July 2022

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Organisations

Ofsted

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