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Find out how misconduct in the teaching profession is regulated, investigated and managed.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Post-qualifying assessment and accreditation criteria for social workers supporting vulnerable children and families.
Advice for local areas to embed working together to safeguard children and the children’s social care national framework in practice.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a supported accommodation service.
Gives relevant professionals and the police an understanding of the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty.
A framework to equip children and young people for digital life
How local authorities should extend the virtual school head role to champion and promote the education of children with a social worker and children in kinship care.
Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to certain people in your organisation or to your premises.
Volume 1: statutory guidance about court orders and the roles of the police and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2023 to 2024.
Volume 3: statutory guidance for local authorities on helping care leavers aged 16 and 17 prepare for adulthood.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
How local authorities should notify incidents to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
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