children's services – can inspection drive improvement? ofsted at solace summit 2014
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Presented by Debbie Jones, National Director Social Care, Ofsted at 2014 SOLACE summit on Thursday 16 October 2014.TRANSCRIPT
16 October 2014
‘Children’s services - can inspection drive improvement?’
SOLACE Summit 2014Debbie Jones, National Director Social Care , Ofsted
• the mists of uncertainty
• the mountains of change
• the question of investment
• the seas of decisions
familiar?
• Ofsted is not planning a take over of improvement either through inspection or our improvement offer
• We neither prepare nor sign off improvement plans
• We are not realistic about the time it takes to achieve sustainable change
• We are not doing central government’s bidding
Dispelling the myths
• Ofsted has a framework which in response to longstanding requests from the sector sets out for the first time what good looks like
• This framework has been positively appraised by the sector and by Prof Munroe as a tool to properly capture the child’s experience of services and make sound judgements about them
• Ofsted is committed to staying alongside to support LAs who are not yet good enough
• We have great knowledge about the detail of what good looks like and where we can see it in operation
• We are developing rapidly our ability to deliver that knowledge effectively to support the sector.
What we are and what we have to drive improvement
• What do you as leaders have to offer to improve the current situation where only 27% of local authorities have good enough services for children and young people?
• What will it take to provide every child and family with a service of the standard that we would expect for ourselves?
• How can the lessons from inspection and the experiences of local authorities that negotiate the improvement route be captured as a resource available to all?
• What is the potential for future collaboration?
What are the questions for the future
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