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Ofsted: the latest news and insight on children’s social care performance plus ratings for every council

Welcome to our Ofsted page, containing news on children’s social care performance and inspections plus insights from directors and other leaders on what they have learned from having inspectors in. Also, find ratings for your council or any other with our interactive map. The map was last updated on 11 May 2023 so some ratings may be out of date. For more information about a specific council, visit Ofsted’s website.

Latest news

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‘Passionate’ social workers help council gain outstanding rating, despite workforce challenges
Council’s lack of social work capacity leaving children inadequately protected, finds Ofsted
Ofsted hails ‘inadequate’ council’s progress in latest visit
Council recovers from performance dip to maintain top Ofsted grade
‘Exceptional’ direct work helps council improve to ‘outstanding’ despite staffing challenges
‘Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows

View Ofsted council ratings in a full screen map

Podcasts and senior leader insights

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From ‘inadequate’ to ‘outstanding’: leaders bid farewell after taking authority from bottom to top
DCS hails progress of systemic practice model as bi-borough councils score top Ofsted ratings
What good social work case recording looks like and how existing practice can improve
Shifting the focus to the child: how one council went from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in two years
Stable leadership, a clear practice model and empowered staff: how one council went from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’
‘Data is nothing about numbers and everything about individual children’
‘I didn’t want to put staff through a restructure without an evidence base’
‘I’m not that bothered about Ofsted. If you want to make a big improvement you’ve got to own it’
‘Good social work is predicated on having a manageable caseload’
‘For the period of time they’re with us, agency staff are our staff’
‘One of the challenges we face in social work is about how we use technology’
‘We needed to invest in systemic practice’
‘Children and families need consistency of social worker’
‘All our workers are leaders’
‘We weren’t just preparing for a one-off event’
‘In our next inspection, we’re aiming for outstanding’
Ofsted warns against ‘false economy’ of cuts to preventive services loading pressures onto social care
Training and performance management and their contribution to ‘good’
The journey to ‘outstanding’ revealed in the first Ofsted interview podcast
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