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Introducing a separate judgement about care leavers within the inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS)
This consultation seeks your views on our proposals for a new judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers within the ILACS framework.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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We welcome your views on our proposals for a new judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers within the ILACS framework.
We propose to:
- introduce a separate a new judgement within ILACS: ‘The experiences and progress of care leavers’
- review and update the existing evaluation criteria to ensure that they are relevant and reflect what good looks like for care leavers
- introduce the new judgement after all local authorities have at least one ILACS inspection outcome
Documents
Consultation: a new judgement within ILACS on the experiences and progress of care leavers Equalities impact assessment: introducing a separate judgement about care leavers within the inspection of local authority children’s servicesA new ILACS judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers: report on the responses to the consultation