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• The child sexual abuse inquiry did not go far enough | Letters

  23-10-2022 18:51
  Boarding schools have escaped real reform, says one victim of abuse, while Dr Bernard Gallagher calls out the austerity-driven crisis in child protection, and Emily Aklan calls for a ban on harmful handcuffingI am a boarding school survivor and, after more than 50 years of silence, a witness to the Truth Project that was set up as part of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA). It’s good to see the inquiry’s recommendations, especially on mandatory reporting and a re
  
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• Revealed: Ofsted asks staff from private care firms to inspect children’s homes

  23-10-2022 08:00
  Recruits in pilot scheme have been taken from chains in charge of facilities deemed unsatisfactoryManagers from some of the largest private children’s home chains in the UK have been asked to carry out inspections for Ofsted, despite those groups owning numerous homes that are deemed unsatisfactory.The Observer has discovered that Ofsted, which oversees standards in children’s social care, has recruited staff from the Outcomes First Group and the Keys Group to inspect homes as part o
  
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• Break the silence on child abuse | Letters

  23-10-2022 07:00
  For decades, society has turned a deaf ear to the suffering of children at the hands of abusive adults. Enough is enoughI read with deep sadness Sonia Sodha’s article (Comment), in particular her notion that we “live in a society where there is so much guilt, shame and fear around child sexual abuse that there are powerful collective instincts to try to minimise it”. Attitudes, it seems, have changed little since I was brought up in “care” in Scotland (Falkirk) and
  
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