The foster care crisis is not just about a shortage of carers — it is about a system that removes more children than it supports. This article challenges the national narrative and asks why the state, as corporate parent, is not held to the same standards as the families it judges.

What does an Ofsted judgement actually tell us?

Accepting assurances is not independent scrutiny. Are the taxpayers of Herefordshire getting value for money from Kevin Crompton?

It’s deeds not words which matter. Have our MPs forgotten about the crisis in children’s social care?

Working in partnership has to be the way forward!

Two years on from the premature death of 21 year old Tasha Ashby, the family and the public are wondering what if any lessons have been learned.

Ofsted’s latest inspection report is testimony to their willful ignorance.

It appears that the last thing the Scrutiny Officer wants is for there to be any scrutiny.

When does accepting “assurances” rather than scrutinizing the available evidence become moral failure?

Despite being a vulnerable care-leaver, Tash died aged 21 in a tent in Hereford’s bus station where she’d been living for several months.

Forced adoptions are not uncommon in Herefordshire where the chaos of Children’s Services are resulting in heartbreaking outcomes.

Is faulty guidance from the Herefordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership causing unnecessary trauma and human rights breaches?

Why are we recruiting officers with a track record of failure? Where is the due diligence?