How we care, why we do it this way, and what we're learning. Written for the families, professionals and future colleagues who want to understand us properly.
Insights
September 22, 2026
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A £3bn system that cannot say what works.
Here is what it should have to mean.
The cliff edge is finally being dismantled. Providers should help build what replaces it.
Matching as the most consequential decision a home makes.
Workforce stability is the quality metric nobody inspects directly.
The enforcement gap is closing. The sufficiency gap that created it is not.
What distance does to a child in care.
More children's homes than ever, and still the wrong homes in the wrong places.
Ofsted's quiet revolution in social care inspection.
Wellbeing
Children are cared for well by adults who are cared for well. Why staff wellbeing is child protection by another route.
January 6, 2026
