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Provisional data for the period September 2019 to August 2020 and revised data for the period September 2018 to August 2019.
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
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.
Evidence from research interviews with 739 early years providers between 5 October and 11 December.
Evidence from interim visits to further education and skills providers between 19 October and 4 December.
Evidence from education, health and social care leaders and practitioners between 1 September and 4 December 2020.
Evidence from interim visits to 297 schools between 2 and 24 November 2020.
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.
Management information showing in-year and most recent inspection outcomes.
Provisional data for the period September 2018 to August 2019 and revised data for the period September 2017 to August 2018.
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
Evidence from research interviews with 208 registered early years providers and maintained nursery schools between 5 and 16 October.
Evidence from assurance visits to social care providers and focused visits to local authorities between 8 September and 15 October.
Evidence from visits to schools between 29 September and 23 October 2020.
Evidence from visits to further education and skills providers between 1 and 16 October.
Evidence from 6 visits to local areas, looking at their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision between 5 and 14 October 2020.
This report sets out our findings from a small research project that explored what contributes to good matching decisions for children in foster care.
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