Care Inspectorate Provider update for children and young people's services from the Care Inspectorate Tue 10/02/2026

The Care Inspectorate has published an updated version of the quality framework for care homes for children and young people and special residential schools. This version includes:  

• updated quality illustrations and key areas  

• an updated key question 6 to support self-evaluation and help understand the service’s capacity to improve  

• combining key question 7, which we will continue to use for inspection, with the rest of the quality framework  

• updated virtual improvement toolboxes for each quality indicator.  

 We have provided more information on our website.   

Meet the SSSC registrant event Glasgow, Thursday 19 February 2026 -  The SSSC is holding two free in‑person events in Glasgow for registrants to meet staff, get support with registration, fitness to practise and learning and development. There’s also a marketplace with the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about learning resources. The event is primarily for SSSC registrants though managers and employers may also be interested. There is a morning and afternoon session – book your place now. 

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) - Changes to charity law - In early 2026 (exact date of the change of law to be confirmed), OSCR will begin publishing accounts, including annual reports, for all charities as part of each charity’s entry in the Scottish Charity Register.  We will publish all accounts received on or after the date the law changes, regardless of which financial year they relate to, but not older accounts held by OSCR prior to the change.  We therefore encourage charities that are overdue with submitting accounts to send them to us promptly to avoid older accounts being published. In time, each Register entry will include a published record of accounts for the five most recent accounting periods. The accounts will be published exactly as they are received from charities, without any redactions. The responsibility will therefore rest with charities to ensure that the documents they send us are fit for publication and do not include information that might constitute a data protection breach.  For example, charities should consider carefully whether to include in their accounts and reports:   

·       Names, photographs or other information that might identify the charity’s beneficiaries, especially children, vulnerable adults or those sharing a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.  Where such information is to be included, the charity should gain express consent from the individuals concerned. 

·       Names or other information that might identify individual donors or supporters unless they have given express consent to be identified. 

·       Personal (wet) signatures of trustees or examiners of the accounts.  OSCR accepts typed signatures and electronically signed documents. 

OSCR will have the ability to take down from the website documents that were clearly sent to us in error, on the request of a charity, but a data breach may have been committed during the time a document was published and we cannot retrieve information from viewers who accessed it prior to removal. 

Trustees who have been granted an exemption from having their name published on the Register will similarly be entitled to have their name excluded from the administrative details in the annual report.