Guidance and regulation

How to share concerns about children’s social care services with Ofsted, including whistleblowing, and what we will do with the information.

• From: Ofsted
• Updated: 20 September 2019

• Reporting concerns and whistleblowing about children’s social care services

  Ofsted’s role Ofsted can consider information you share with us and use it…

Statutory guidance for local authority children’s services on representations and complaints procedures.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 September 2006

Statutory guidance on providing effective advocacy services for children and young people making a complaint under the children Act 1989.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 29 March 2004