Joint inspections of local area services

Details of joint inspections by Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services and HM Inspectorate of Probation.

Joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) response reports are arranged by the following themes:

• children’s mental health
• children experiencing abuse and neglect
• child exploitation
• children living with domestic abuse
• child sexual abuse in the family environment

Ofsted also inspects local authority arrangements and services for children in need of help and protection.

Inspection framework and protocol

• Joint inspections of arrangements and services for children in need of help and protection
  • 17 July 2019
  • Guidance
• Services for children and vulnerable adults: information sharing by inspectorates
  • 9 February 2016
  • Policy paper

Joint inspections: theme guidance and overview reports

• Joint targeted area inspections on the theme of children’s mental health
  • 9 December 2020
  • Guidance
• ‘Feeling heard’: partner agencies working together to make a difference for children with mental ill health
  • 9 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Joint inspections of the response to children experiencing neglect
  • 19 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Joint inspections of child exploitation
  • 25 February 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Joint inspections of the response to children living with domestic abuse
  • 19 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Joint inspections of the response to child sexual abuse in the family environment
  • 8 May 2019
  • Research and analysis

Published 14 January 2016
Last updated 9 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 9 December 2020

   Added report summarising our JTAI findings on how multi-agency partnerships identify and respond to children with mental ill health.
2. 17 July 2019

   Added ‘Joint targeted area inspections on the theme of children’s mental health’.

3. 24 August 2018

   Added guidance for new joint inspection theme: child sexual abuse in the family environment.

4. 18 April 2017

   Added ‘Joint inspections of the response to children experiencing neglect: May to December 2017’.

5. 10 August 2016

   Published today: inspector guidance for joint inspections of the response to children living with domestic abuse.

6. 14 January 2016

   First published.