Publications
Publication — Child protection, Joint inspection —
Between 20 and 24 January 2025, Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and the Care Quality Commission carried out a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to identification of initial need and risk in Bromley.
Publication — Effectiveness, Efficiency, Fire & rescue services, People —
This is our third assessment of Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service.
Publication — Cause of concern, Engage, Letter, Revisit —
We revisited Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service in January 2025 and carried out a review of its progress.
Publication — Cause of concern, Letter, Revisit —
We revisited Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service between 7 and 9 January 2025 and carried out a review of its progress.
Publication — Child protection, Terms of reference —
Terms of reference for an inspection into the progress that has been made on addressing the recommendations we made in our 2023 report on the police and law enforcement bodies’ response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales.
Publication — Business Plans, Inspection programmes —
This document sets out our intended inspection programme for policing, which will begin in April 2025 and conclude in 2029.
Publication — Consultations —
Response to consultation on the policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29.
Publication — Child protection, Joint inspection —
Between 9 to 13 December 2024, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and HM Inspectorate of Probation carried out a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse in Norfolk.
Publication — Cause of concern, Child protection, Revisit —
In September 2023, we inspected how well the Metropolitan Police Service handled the sexual and criminal exploitation of children. We issued three causes of concern and made 11 recommendations. In September and October 2024, we revisited the force to review its progress.
Publication — Fire & rescue services, Grenfell, Letter —
This letter provides our general assessment of the progress made by 25 of England’s 44 fire and rescue services on the implementation of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations.