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<p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at
the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for
children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review
nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children
or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However,
inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of
harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want
to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns
that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young
people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB
review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies
and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the
child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation
is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven
LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected
since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p>
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