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A Surrey County Council children’s residential home in Woking has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, following a recent inspection that praised the home’s exceptional care and commitment to young people’s wellbeing and development. Inspectors commended the home for delivering “exceptionally good care,” enabling children to “make significant progress from their starting points”. The report also … Continue reading
Services for children and families at Surrey County Council have been judged ‘good’ by government inspectors. Ofsted carried out their Inspecting Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) inspection in March of this year. The inspection found that: The inspection found that services have significantly improved since the council’s last inspection in 2022, commenting that ‘Leaders’ vision … Continue reading
Following an inspection in October 2024, Ofsted has graded Ruth House, a children’s home for Surrey children and young people with learning or neurodevelopmental disabilities, as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas. Ofsted commended the ‘remarkable progress’ that young people make whilst living at the home, with Inspectors observing that ‘they are looked after by staff who … Continue reading
Extended Hope, a Surrey residential home providing a short-break service for children and young people who are facing a mental health crisis, has been graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted following an inspection in August 2024. In a glowing report, Ofsted’s inspectors noted, “Children make exceptional progress in relation to their emotional well-being when they come … Continue reading
During a recent focused visit of Surrey’s children’s services, Ofsted recognised the ‘comprehensive improvement programme’, noting that ‘progress for children is evident in the improved quality and timeliness of assessments, the increased timeliness of visits to children, and a more consistent application of thresholds’. Inspectors found ‘children have positive relationships with their social workers because … Continue reading
An Ofsted report published last month finds that the Hope Service, provided by Surrey County Council and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust, ‘continues to be an outstanding school’ following its previous ‘Outstanding’ inspection outcome in 2018. The Hope Service, which is registered as a Pupil Referral Unit, offers a ‘Day Programme’ with a curriculum … Continue reading
Extended Hope, a respite home for children in Surrey who are having an emotional and mental health crisis has been graded as ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted following an inspection in November 2022. Ofsted noted that “children have positive experiences in this home”, “staff support children to make progress in all areas of their … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has welcomed a new Ofsted inspection report into its Surrey Adult Learning provision, which found “calm and purposeful study environments”. The inspection took place in May this year and concluded that the service continues to be a “Good” provider in all areas. The Ofsted report noted that “learners and apprentices gain confidence, … Continue reading
Surrey County Council is pleased that services for children and families in Surrey have improved in all areas, according to a recent Ofsted inspection Inspectors noted that Surrey’s leaders have achieved “significant change”, based on a thorough understanding of current performance and are “determined to continue the trajectory of improvement” The number of recommendations from … Continue reading
Children’s services at Surrey County Council are helping children “make progress in their transitions to becoming independent young adults” and “young people who are Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers (UAS) receive specialist and skilled support”, according to a letter published by Ofsted following a monitoring visit in September. The monitoring visit looked at the provision of information … Continue reading
Children’s services at Surrey County Council have been on a “significant improvement journey” and “senior leaders have responded swiftly to the challenges of COVID-19”, according to a letter published by Ofsted following a focused visit in March. The letter states that “a stable senior leadership team and the recently appointed director of children’s services have … Continue reading
Children’s services at Surrey County Council have improved substantially over the past year according to an Ofsted report following a monitoring visit last month; the report states that “senior leaders and managers have made substantial progress in improving the response to children who are at risk of significant harm.” Ofsted observed substantial progress in Surrey’s … Continue reading
Surrey County Council, the six Surrey clinical commissioning groups and Family Voice Surrey have welcomed an inspection report on special educational needs and disability services in the county. Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission carried out a joint review of Surrey’s progress in addressing weaknesses highlighted in a previous inspection in 2016. The full joint … Continue reading
Following an inspection of children’s services in Surrey earlier this year, Ofsted has published a report on their findings. Responding to the report, Clare Curran, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, said: “We totally accept that the support we give to children and their families simply isn’t good enough and we’ve brought … Continue reading
Surrey adult learning service rated ‘good’ by Ofsted A Surrey County Council service providing education for adults, including those with disabilities and learning difficulties, is performing well, according to Ofsted. The authority’s adult learning service was judged to be ‘good’ following an inspection last month. Ofsted said “learners make good progress on all courses”, praised … Continue reading
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