Children's homes and other residential care inspections

Social care common inspection framework for residential family centres, holiday schemes for disabled children, secure children’s homes.

Guidance and regulation

Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): children’s homes
- Guidance
- 5 April 2024
- Ofsted
Children's homes: recruiting staff
- Detailed guide
- 15 June 2023
- Ofsted
Children's homes: inspection forms
- Guidance
- 5 April 2024
- Ofsted
Positive environments where children can flourish
- Guidance
- 6 October 2021
- Ofsted
Secure 16 to 19 academies
- Guidance
- 9 February 2024
- Ofsted

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News and communications

Yvette Stanley letter to the Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
- 26 October 2022
- Ofsted
- Correspondence
Direction issued to Bradford Council
- 9 February 2022
- Department for Education
- Decision
Transformational investment in children’s social care placements
- 15 December 2021
- Department for Education
- Press release
Ofsted: School leaders determined pupils won’t become 'the COVID generation'
- 6 October 2020
- Ofsted
- Press release
A new and robust inspection regime for secure training centres
- 13 March 2019
- Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
- Press release

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Research and statistics

Local authority and children’s homes in England inspections and outcomes - autumn 2021
- 25 November 2021
- Ofsted
- Official statistics
Local authority and children's homes in England inspections and outcomes – autumn 2020
- 20 January 2021
- Ofsted
- Official statistics
Local authority and children's homes in England inspections and outcomes – autumn 2019
- 22 September 2020
- Ofsted
- Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

Changes to Ofsted's statistical reporting on inspections and outcomes for children's homes and local authority children's services
- 21 May 2019
- Ofsted
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 29 March 2019
Proposed changes to joint inspections of secure training centres
- 13 March 2019
- Ofsted
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 14 August 2018

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Ofsted Freedom of Information request datasets 2017: social care
- 22 September 2020
- Ofsted
- Foi release

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Organisations

Ofsted