By Neil Puffett | Originally published 30 August 2017 | Children & Young People Now A senior director of children's services (DCS) has called for Education Secretary Justine Greening to take urgent action to improve the way children's services are inspected, claiming the current system fails to aid improvement and is "phenomenally wasteful". Andrew Webb, … Continue reading Call for Greening to overhaul ‘deeply flawed’ Ofsted system | Children & Young People Now
The overall effectiveness of Nottingham City Council children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year. However, some services for children are not yet good: 'independent reviewing officers do not have the capacity to sufficiently monitor the progress of children’s plans between review meetings'. Inspectors … Continue reading Ofsted finds independent reviewing officers need sufficient capacity …
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