Today Ofsted have launched a consultation on proposals for a new
judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers to be
included in our local authority children’s services (ILACS)
inspection framework.
Read the consultation and have your say: Introducing a separate
judgement about care leavers within the inspection of local
authority children’s services (ILACS).
The consultation runs from 20 June until 29 July 2022. Responses
will inform our updated arrangements, which we aim to introduce
from January 2023.
Ofsted propose to:
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introduce a separate new judgement within ILACS:
“The experience and progress of care leavers”
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review and update the existing evaluation criteria to ensure
they are relevant and reflect what good looks like for care
leavers
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introduce the new judgement once all local authorities have
had at least one ILACS
inspection outcome
The aim of the proposals is for Ofsted to provide a clearer
statement about the experiences of care leavers when Ofsted
evaluate the effectiveness of local authority children’s
services, and to focus on the things that make the most
difference to their lives.
Please respond using our
electronic survey.
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s National Director for Social Care, said:
Our ILACS
inspections have done much to shine a light on the experiences of
care leavers and the work by local authorities to support them.
But we think we can do more. Introducing a separate judgement
reflects the priority we think should be given to providing high
quality support to care leavers.
We encourage everyone to contribute their views through our
consultation, to help us give care leavers a clearer profile
within these inspections.
