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Moving forward? How well the further education and skills sector is preparing young people with high needs for adult life
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Explores the early implementation of the Children and Families Act 2014, and the impact it has had on the lives and prospects of learners with high needs. Ofsted inspectors visited 17 providers between January and March 2015, analysed inspection reports covering the period September 2014 to March 2015, collected the views of over 1,600 young people and talked to over 60 young people in focus group meetings. The report, which summarises the findings, shows that, of the local authorities and further education (FE) providers surveyed, the implementation of the Act had not been fully effective. As a result the support that high needs learners received, at the time of the fieldwork, varied considerably. The report highlights a number of concerns about arrangements, including: nearly half of the providers visited not having adequate strategies, experience or expertise to support their learners with learning difficulties or disabilities; specialist, impartial careers guidance found to be generally weak, with 16 of the 20 local authority websites reviewed failing to provide sufficiently detailed information; too many learners on programmes that do not lead to further learning, employment or independent/supported living; slow progress by high needs learners in English and mathematics; poor recording of learners’ progress, meaning many are not achieving their full potential. The report includes recommendations for the government, local authorities and providers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Inspection, accountability and school improvement: report of the Lamb Inquiry to the Secretary of State
- Author:
- LAMB Brian
- Publisher:
- Lamb Inquiry into Special Educational Needs and Parental Confidence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Lamb Inquiry was established to investigate a range of ways in which parental confidence in the special educational needs (SEN) system of assessment and provision might be improved. This report makes five recommendations: Ofsted should have a special duty to report on the quality of the provision for pupils with SEN; inspectors should have training on SEN and disability; there should be enhanced training for additional inspectors with skills in particular areas of SEN; local authorities which fail to fulfil their statutory duties towards children with SEN should be directed to address the failure; to support decision making, inspectors should have available a range of information on outcomes for children and parental satisfaction.
Children's care monitor 2008: children's views on how care is doing: a report by the Children’s Rights Director
- Author:
- OFSTED. Office of the Children's Rights Director
- Publisher:
- Ofsted. Office of the Children's Rights Director
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the first of a series of annual reports asking children and young people living away from home or getting help from children's social care services for their views on key issues: keeping safe, bullying, having a say in what happens to them, making complaints and suggestions, education, and care planning for people being looked after in care. In this survey 88 per cent said the care they were receiving was good or very good, and 69 per cent felt their last change in placement had been in their best interests. Just under half said their opinions usually or always made a difference to decisions about their lives, while 16 per cent said their opinions didn't usually or ever make a difference. Children in residential special schools were the least likely to know how to get an advocate, and the most likely to be bullied, and worry a lot about bullying. Although 50 per cent of those living at home said they were bullied often or always, only 10 per cent said they worried about it 'often or always'. Over a quarter (27 per cent) of children with a disability worry often or always about being bullied.
The annual report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills 2019/20
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- London
This Annual Report looks at schools, early years, further education and skills and children’s social care for the academic year 2019 to 2020. Ofsted’s findings are based on inspection evidence from inspections of, and visits to, schools, colleges and providers of social care, early years and further education and skills. The report also draws on findings from research and analysis this year. The report reflects an year of two halves (the ‘pre-COVID’ period from September 2019 to March 2020, and the ‘post-COVID’ period that followed) and insights from each period, but also highlights the commonalities across time and remits. Sections include a commentary of the findings; data on Ofsted’s activities; early years and childcare providers; schools; further education and skills; social care. Inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF) started in September 2019. Ofsted judgements of overall effectiveness remained high and largely unchanged. The concerns of some that the new framework would lead to turbulence in inspection grade profiles have not been borne out. Overall, half of the 151 local authority children’s services in England have now been judged to be good or outstanding. This is an increase from just over one third after each local authority’s first inspection under the single inspection framework (SIF). The percentage judged inadequate is also lower, at 14%. Inspections of children’s homes, under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF), show that the vast majority of homes (80%) are currently good or outstanding. SEND inspections, on the other hand, point to a lack of a coordinated response from education and health services in many local areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children's care monitor 2009: children on the state of social care in England
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This is the report of a national survey of looked after children and care leavers in England, bringing together the views of 1,195 children and young people. Covers key issues: keeping safe, bullying, having a say in what happens to them, making complaints and suggestions, education, care planning, and leaving care. In this survey 90 per cent said the care they were receiving was good or very good, and 68 per cent felt their last change in placement had been in their best interests. Just under half (48 per cent) said their opinions usually or always made a difference to decisions about their lives, while 18 per cent said their opinions didn't usually or ever make a difference. Children in boarding schools and children supported at home were the least likely to know how to get an advocate. Over a fifth (22 per cent) of children with a disability worry often or always about being bullied.