Local Authority Children’s Services Inspections (ILACS) Digital Conference - Westminster Insight

Ofsted is planning reforms to ILACS inspections, aligned with the Government’s children’s social care reforms.

As we await Ofsted’s consultation response, this timely conference will examine the key changes to the ILACS framework, expected for implementation around spring 2027.

Learn from leading Local Authorities to discover how the inspection updates align with recent social care reforms and changes to statutory guidance.

With the removal of the headline judgement, attend to hear how to evidence your service against the current inspection pillars including the experience and progress of children who need help and protection, who are in care or care leavers, and the impact of leaders.

Discover how to demonstrate best practice for new cross cutting themes across each evaluation area including family engagement, helping children to create enduring relationships and improving multi-agency working. Understand implications of the proposed split to the current ‘help and protection’ judgement.

Delegates will take a deeper dive into strengthening quality placement sufficiency and understanding Ofsted’s greater scrutiny and expectations for unregistered provision. Explore how to meet ILACS new workforce expectations for sufficiency, stability and capability.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what practical steps you can take to prepare for inspections with improved self-evaluation, data and intelligence and what to do post inspection to ensure ILACS findings are translated into lasting service improvement.

Key Points

• Understand interim changes to the ILACS framework
• Hear proposals for the 2027 framework, including new inspection cycles, evaluation criteria, and grading scales
• Demonstrate effective practice against the current practice judgements; help and protection, children in care, care leavers and leadership impact
• Meet Ofsted’s new expectations for helping children create enduring relationships, engaging families, and collaborating with other relevant agencies
• Strengthen quality placement sufficiency to meet greater scrutiny of unregistered provision and placement gaps
• Prepare for inspections with stronger self-evaluation, data and evidence of impact
• Meet ILACS workforce expectations for recruitment, retention and practice development
• Understand how children and young people’s views could shape the future of ILACS
• Turn ILACS findings into continuous service improvement