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Ofsted recently published a blog which set out recommendations and tips for completing a successful application to register a children’s home, which can be found here . Currently, Ofsted confirm that the average processing time to register a...
Today, Ofsted have published a report summarising their findings and recommendations as a result of their review into safeguarding policies and practices relating to sexual abuse in state and independent schools and colleges. The review was prompted...
Ofsted have announced the return of graded inspection for some registered early years providers from 4th May. It’s important that providers and settings are fully prepared for the return of inspections. After a year of upheaval due to the COVID-19...
As a part of the government’s response to the consultation into ‘Reforms to unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers’, the Department for Education (DfE) have announced plans to ban placing vulnerable children under the...
On 17th March 2020, Ofsted suspended all routine inspections in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a part of their phased return to routine inspections, Ofsted have been carrying out ‘assurance visits’ to children’s social care...
Unlike schools, early years settings have remained open during the current lockdown. Reports of COVID cases to Ofsted increased from 1,267 for the week commencing 4th January to 2,357 in the week commencing 11th January. Reports of cases decreased slightly...
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care oversees the ten statutory bodies that regulate health professionals in the United Kingdom and social workers in England. The PSA are an independent body who are accountable to...
In a recent poll, 68%* of individuals indicated that the Ofsted rating of a school is ‘very important’ when choosing where to place their child. 29% indicated it was ‘quite’ important and 7% indicated that it was...
There has been a noticed increase in Ofsted’s focus on provisions that are operating without registration in the social care sector for children. However, the situation is not always clear cut as to whether an organisation is required to be...
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has recently issued updated guidance for those providing pharmacy services at a distance, including on the internet. The guidance was issued shortly after the GPhC wrote an open letter to the chief executive of the...
The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Ofsted, allowing their appeal against a decision of the High Court in 2017, which ruled their complaints procedure was unfair for those schools judged to require special measures or have serious weaknesses. The Court...
Two individuals operating the Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre in Southall have been convicted of operating an unlicensed school at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, which is the first conviction of this kind. The court heard that investigations found...
Ofsted have released the 2018 report, outlining their findings from the annual teacher attitude survey. Despite improvements in the perceptions of teachers in relation to Ofsted, the results still show a lack of confidence amongst the profession in...
A joint statement issued on 26th July 2018 announced the signing of a protocol between eight health and social care regulators. The protocol sets out that it is intended to help ensure regulators are transparent with the public, providers and professionals...
The Professional Standards Authority (‘PSA’) for Health and Social Care oversees the nine statutory bodies that regulate health professionals in the United Kingdom and social care in England. The PSA are an independent body who are...
The Professional Standards Authority (‘PSA’) for Health and Social Care oversees the nine statutory bodies that regulate health professionals in the United Kingdom and social care in England. The PSA are an independent body who are accountable...
Healthwatch is an independent organisation who obtain information about health and care services at local levels, which they can then share with the government and services on a national level by spotting trends and patterns, to inform change and help make...
