Remit
The Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee (SPI) has lead responsibility for:
- Links with Ofsted and all other inspectorates involved in the regulation of children’s services in England
- Performance management and the use of data locally and nationally
- Intervention
- Sector-led improvement.
The Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee liaises closely with all other committees and its members represent the Association on various reference groups organised by Ofsted and the other inspectorates. The ADCS Research Group is a sub-committee of the Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee (SPI).
2019 Meeting Dates
- 24 January 2019
- 31 May 2019 (Joint meeting with the Educational Achievement Policy Committee)
- 24 September 2019 (Joint meeting with the Resources & Sustainability Policy Committee)
- 29 November 2019 (Joint meeting with the Families, Communities and Young People Policy Committee)
Contacts
Chair: Steve Crocker, Director of Children’s Services, Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council. To contact Steve, email steve.crocker@hants.gov.uk
ADCS Policy Officer: Katy Block supports the work of the committee. To contact Katy, email katy.block@adcs.org.uk
Updates
- February 2019: Meeting update
All local authorities (LAs) and trusts that had received either a short or standard visit under Ofsted’s ILACS framework in 2018 - the first full year of operation - were invited to this meeting to reflect on their experiences. Find out more
- November 2018: Joint meeting with the Resources & Sustainability Policy Committee
Members of the Association’s Resources & Sustainability and the Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committees met jointly in London on Thursday 22 November to discuss shared areas of interest. The Early Intervention Foundation’s (EIF’s) Director of Policy and Evidence joined the group to discuss how we can collectively make the case for investing in early intervention. The EIF recently published a report on this topic and the group ran through the key messages and recommendations. Find out more
Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee Articles
New inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS) framework...
In ILACS
Comment on the ILACS implementation review
In Inspection of Children's Services
As directors of children’s services there is a temptation to look at our...
In Inspection & Improvement
Last week’s blog by Steve Crocker, Chair of the ADCS SPI policy...
In Inspection & Improvement
Update from the Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee...
In General
To all those colleagues who have worked or are currently working in...
In Inspection & Improvement
It looks like it’s going to be a busy period for the ADCS Standards,...
In General
Commenting on the Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of...
In General Inspection
When it was suggested to me that I put myself forward to chair the ‘spy...
In Inspection & Improvement
ADCS response to the Ofsted SEND inspection consultation.
In Inspection of Children's Services
I like to think the start of the new school year offers an opportunity to...
In General
ADCS response to Ofsted consultation on the future of social care...