The Education Select Committee had a good evidence-giving sesh with Professor Eileen Munro this morning. Details of all the best bits she said can be seen here, but something that got me thinking was her discussion of the ongoing pilots, initiated by her review, in which local authorities have scrapped statutory deadlines in child protection [...]
In Ofsted’s latest round of children’s services inspections, published this month, Haringey council showed “significant and sustained improvement” in child protection.Ofsted rated the council’s safeguarding services as adequate, saying the department had shown “good prospects for improvement”.The report said: “Highly visible and committed leadership within the partnership, including the HSCB and Haringey Children’s Trust, has [...]
Birmingham safeguarding board chairman Hilary Thompson has been quoted today saying parental problems with drink, drugs and mental health are the cause of the 22 child deaths and serious injuries investigated with serious case reviews in the council since 2006. Thompson, who was appointed to whip the safeguarding board into shape following the Khyra Ishaq [...]
A focus on preventative services and high quality engagement with children, young people and families are included on Ofsted’s list of what it takes to be one of the 10 local authorities judged as outstanding in children’s services last year.Ofsted’s report, published today, examines the local authorities who received the inspectorate’s highest ranking in its [...]
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It is written by Community Care’s children's beat editor Camilla Pemberton.
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