Sir Martyn Oliver: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Inspector at Ofsted
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform, Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“We will do our utmost to make sure that ILACS focuses more on supporting family networks and aiming to keep children with their families, wherever it's possible and safe to do so. This means recognising the value of family help, maintaining family connections and kinship care, and supporting children as they return to their families after periods of being in care.”
What Sir Martyn Oliver has said
“It's absolutely right that we do everything in our power to prevent children from being placed in unsafe and unsuitable accommodation.”
Chief Inspector at Ofsted · Learning disability & autism · 8 Sept 2026 · Ofsted to downgrade councils over ‘illegal’ childrens homes ↗
“It is heartbreaking that so many vulnerable children are placed in unregistered children's homes where we have no assurance that they are safe or receiving the care they need and deserve.”
Chief inspector at Ofsted · Learning disability & autism · 8 Sept 2026 · Ofsted wins first illegal children’s homes prosecution ↗
“This is an ongoing national scandal. The most vulnerable children in our society deserve loving and stable homes but the profit motive is increasingly dictating the location and ownership of children's homes. As a society, we are failing these children.”
Chief Inspector, Ofsted · Adult social care & reform · 27 Aug 2026 · Children’s home providers in England putting profit over need, says Ofsted ↗
Where Sir Martyn Oliver has been quoted
- Ofsted to stop giving council children's services overall rating from April 2026communitycare.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Ofsted to downgrade councils over ‘illegal’ childrens homeslgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Ofsted wins first illegal children’s homes prosecutionlgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Children’s home providers in England putting profit over need, says Ofstedtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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