Select committee sharply criticises inspection procedures from 2007 to 2013 in failing to uncover organised child sexual abuse until prompted by the Jay reportOfsted has been told it must reinspect hundreds of local authorities in England after an excoriating government report said the watchdog’s failure to detect evidence of widespread child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham left its credibility “on the line”.
The communities and local government (CLG) select committee said it was clear that CSE will beget been missed in other parts of the country because Ofsted’s inspection procedures between 2007 and 2012 did not beget the “vision and flexibility to spot emerging problems”.
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Source: theguardian.com