News and communications

A report assessing data from local safeguarding incidents in England will assist learning and drive improvement to help families and protect children.

• Updated: 30 January 2024

An example of the section 31 letter issued to the lead local authorities in each of the 9 regional improvement and innovation alliances.

• Updated: 15 December 2023

Ofsted, the CQC and HMICFRS have published a joint report on the multi-agency response to children and families who need help.

• Updated: 7 November 2023

First local areas selected to test initial set of transformational programmes within children’s social care, supporting families through early help.

• Updated: 26 July 2023

Ofsted's response to the Department for Education's proposals to reform children’s social care.

• Updated: 6 July 2023

Response to the Department for Education's (DFE) consultation on the children’s social care national framework and dashboard indicators.

• Updated: 6 July 2023

Ofsted responds to the Department for Education's call for views on a set of national rules on the engagement of agency social work resource.

• Updated: 6 July 2023

Oral Statement to the House of Commons following the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

• Updated: 6 December 2021

Sunderland children’s services jump to Outstanding from failing in 2015 following Government intervention

• Updated: 20 August 2021

£24 million regional fund for children's social care, including funding to support unaccompanied minors

• Updated: 8 July 2021

Vicky Ford addresses the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference

• Updated: 8 July 2021

Findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’ summarised in report published today.

• Updated: 4 February 2020

How Manchester city council identified gaps and offered training to prepare social workers for the NAAS assessment.

• Updated: 19 June 2019

Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.

• Updated: 22 May 2019

£45million to boost the number of trainees on the Frontline programme

• Updated: 8 January 2019

Minister Nadhim Zahawi spoke to children's services leaders about best practice and innovation at the National Children and Adult Services Conference.

• Updated: 16 November 2018

Secretary of State Damian Hinds spoke for the first time to directors of children's services at the ADCS conference on Thursday 5 July in Manchester.

• Updated: 5 July 2018

The panel members, along with the chair Edward Timpson, will review the most serious child safeguarding cases to share lessons and improve practice.

• Updated: 7 June 2018

Phased roll-out of the National Assessment and Accreditation System from 2018

• Updated: 5 December 2017

Children's minister Robert Goodwill announces funding for 24 projects, as part of the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

• Updated: 10 July 2017