Integrated Inspection of Children’s Services
What are Children Services?
All publicly-funded provision for children and young people children and young people aged 0-19. These include:
- Universal services (e.g. nursery education, schools, health clinics & GP surgeries, youth centres and colleges).
- Targeted services (e.g. educational welfare services & detached youth work).
- Services for the most vulnerable children and young people (e.g. fostering for children in public care and CAMHS).
How will these be inspected?
Many providers will receive their own inspections or reviews.
- Early Years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected every three years.
- Inspections will continue of other education providers such as in prisons and young offender institutions.
- There will be thematic reviews of aspects of health service provision.
- There will be inspections of services such as support for young people in the judicial system.
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Page last updated on: 08/02/2006