This week Children and Young People Now reports that plans for joint inspections of child protection are being put on hold. Eileen Munro recommended* this type of inspection which would involve health, police, probation and prison inspectorates working together with Ofsted.
Joint inspections would surely be an improvement on present arrangements – so why not just do it?
Footnote
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The Munro Review, Final Report Recommendation 2: "The inspection framework should examine the effectiveness of the contributions of all local services,
including health, education, police, probation and the justice system to the
protection of children."
