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Cafcass is subject to regular inspection by Ofsted in accordance with its inspection framework.

The framework, introduced in April 2021, sets out how Ofsted inspects the quality and effectiveness of our private and public law practice with children and families and the impact of our leaders on private and public law practice with children and families. In evaluating the impact of our service, the inspection also evaluates how well we positively influence the effectiveness of the family justice system both locally and nationally.

Our last full Ofsted inspection was in 2018 when we were rated as ‘Outstanding’. You can read more about the 2018 inspection below as well as about the more recent ‘focused visits’ which Ofsted made to Cafcass in 2021 and 2023.