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Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
A report on social care groups and how they influence policy and practice across children’s homes.
An analysis of children’s homes that provide short breaks, usually for disabled children.
What children and young people have told us about their experiences of living in children’s homes or with foster carers and staying at residential special schools or boarding schools.
Research into where children living in children’s homes receive their education and what the quality of this education is like.
Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2019/20.
Local authority inspection data and children’s homes inspection data, covering the period up until 31 August 2020.
Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters.
Evidence from assurance visits to secure children’s homes and independent fostering agencies between 1 September and 4 December.
A summary of findings from our joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of how multi-agency partnerships identify and respond to children with mental ill health.
Evidence from assurance visits to children’s homes between 1 and 11 September.
Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19.
Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2017/18.
Local authority inspection data and children’s homes inspection data, covering the period up until 31 August 2019.
Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England and inspection outcomes for local authority children’s services.
Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England and inspection outcomes for local authority children’s services covering the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
Local authority inspection data and children’s homes inspection data, covering the period up until 30 September 2018.
A summary of findings from our joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of how multi-agency partnerships respond to child exploitation.
This report summarises findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’.
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