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Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home.
Guidance for those providing residential children’s homes for vulnerable children.
When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.
This guide is specific to children’s homes and provides information that…
Guide to the regulations on providing supported accommodation for children and young people. It includes the quality standards that all supported accommodation providers must meet.
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after and previously looked-after children's aspirations to achieve in further and higher education.
Statutory guidance for local-authority-maintained schools carrying out duties for looked-after and previously looked-after children.
Statutory guidance on the planning, commissioning and delivery of health services for looked-after children.
Statutory guidance about local authority support to children and families.
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.
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.
How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
This guidance outlines 'staying put' arrangements that enable care leavers to remain with their former foster carers after they turn 18.
How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903).
Annex A form for children's homes and secure children's homes to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Ofsted's framework and guidance for inspecting local authority services for children (ILACS) in need of help and protection, children in care and care leavers.
The national minimum standards that apply to residential family centres.
Departmental advice for children’s homes providers and their partners following amendments to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001.
How virtual school heads should manage the school-age pupil premium and the early years pupil premium for looked-after children.
Guidance for local authorities and schools dealing with adults who have legal rights and responsibilities for a child.
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