Safeguarding children

The 2004 Children Act made local authorities responsible for ensuring and overseeing the effective delivery of services for children, working closely with others. They must also promote children's welfare and well-being as defined by the five outcomes.

The LGA works with local authorities, including lead members for children's services, to deliver better outcomes for children and young people.

Regulation of providers on the Early Years Register

The LGA supports the aims of the proposal for a revised framework for the regulation of early years providers: local government is committed to supporting quality provision of early years education.

The LGA previously called for the ending of the annual Ofsted children services assessments. Following our lobbying success, the Government are now consulting on their proposal to end these assessments.

Ending the annual Ofsted children services assessments

The LGA previously called for the ending of the annual Ofsted children services assessments. Following our lobbying success, the Government are now consulting on their proposal to end these assessments.

The Safeguarding Children peer review programme is part of a sector-led approach in which local government takes responsibility for its own improvement. Professor Eileen Munro's recent review endorses peer review as an approach that promotes learning from a sector-led improvement perspective.

Safeguarding children peer reviews

The Safeguarding Children peer review programme is part of a sector-led approach in which local government takes responsibility for its own improvement. Professor Eileen Munro's recent review endorses peer review as an approach that promotes learning from a sector-led improvement perspective.

In the light of recent independent reviews of safeguarding and child protection (Laming and Munro), the LG Group commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to capture local authority approaches to developing safeguarding practices in a changing policy landscape.

Safeguarding: council developments

In the light of recent independent reviews of safeguarding and child protection (Laming and Munro), the LGA commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to capture local authority approaches to developing safeguarding practices in a changing policy landscape.

The LGA submitted a response to Ofsted's consultation on new arrangements for inspections of local authority children's services. It makes clear the need for a much more proportionate approach and highlights the necessity of any inspection framework sitting intelligently alongside sector-led improvement arrangements specifically those being developed by the Children's Improvement Board.

Ofsted consultation on inspections of children's services

Protecting vulnerable children is one of the most important things councils do and there is no room for complacency when it comes to performance of these services.

The Outcomes-Based Accountability (OBA) model has been used as a way of structuring planning to improve outcomes for whole populations and for improving services.

Implementing outcomes-based accountability in children's services: an overview of the process and impact

The Outcomes-Based Accountability (OBA) model has been used as a way of structuring planning to improve outcomes for whole populations and for improving services.

After the publication of the Laming Review in March 2009, the LGA commissioned the NfER to look at the impact of the case of Baby Peter Connelly on local authorities' applications for care orders and child protection more widely.

The impact of the Baby Peter case on applications for care orders

After the publication of the Laming Review in March 2009, the LGA commissioned the NfER to look at the impact of the case of Baby Peter Connelly on local authorities' applications for care orders and child protection more widely.

This guide is one of a series of ‘10 questions to ask if you’re scrutinising…’ guides produced by CfPS on a range of topics. The guide aims to provide clear and succinct advice for scrutiny members and officers on the key issues to cover in a scrutiny review.

10 questions on scrutinising services for looked-after children

This guide is one of a series of ‘10 questions to ask if you're scrutinising…' guides produced by CfPS on a range of topics. The guide aims to provide clear and succinct advice for scrutiny members and officers on the key issues to cover in a scrutiny review.

LG Improvement and Development and the London Safeguarding Children Board have published this new Framework, and are working together to pilot the model.

A new strategic quality assurance framework to safeguard children

LGA and the London Safeguarding Children Board have published this new Framework, and are working together to pilot the model.

This guidance offers district councils advice on their roles and responsibilities and what they might want to consider when looking at developing advice and guidance for their staff.

District councils' role in safeguarding children and young people

This guidance offers district councils advice on their roles and responsibilities and what they might want to consider when looking at developing advice and guidance for their staff.

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Children's services peer review

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Last updated: 3 May 2012