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

Welcome to our Ofsted page. Here you can get the latest news on children’s social care inspections plus insights from directors and other leaders on what they have learned from having inspectors in, through our Ofsted Interview podcast series. Also, find the latest ratings for your council or any other with our interactive map.

Latest news

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Councils warned over managers who ‘support’ rather than ‘challenge’ social workers
Children’s services’ efforts to improve hindered by high social work staff turnover rates
‘Chronic instability’ behind county’s failure to meet basic social work standards

Podcasts

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‘Data is nothing about numbers and everything about individual children’
‘I didn’t want to put staff through a restructure without an evidence base’
‘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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