Council reduces number of children put up in ‘illegal' homes

THE number of children being put up in “illegal” unregistered homes in Nottingham has been reduced with hopes to eradicate their use.

- By JOE LOCKER Local democracy reporter

Ofsted rated Nottingham City Council 's children’s services “inadequate” following an inspection in 2022, and the watchdog has been conducting visits to monitor improvements. After Ofsted’s sixth and final monitoring visit in November, the inspector said sufficiency challenges in foster care “have resulted in Nottingham city’s continued use of unregistered children’s homes”.

Ofsted says unregistered children's homes are illegal, and anyone providing accommodation to a child in a setting not registered when it should be is committing an offence.