Purpose

Report on the outcome of Ofsted ILACS
inspection of services for children in need of help and protection,
children looked after and care leavers and the associated
Improvement Plan which has been developed in response to the
recommendations.

Content

Following the December 2021
‘requires improvement’ judgement, Ofsted recently
conducted an inspection of local authority services for children in
need of help and protection, children looked after and care
leavers. While the outcome of the inspection remained consistent
with the judgement published in 2022, with an overall assessment of
‘requires improvement to be good’, this inspection
found the experiences and progress of children in care to be
‘good’.
 
Overall, the inspection
findings reflected the Council’s own self-assessment and
acknowledged there had been improvement in the delivery of services
since December 2021, including a strengthened response to previous
recommendations and a consolidation of practice across most areas
including the delivery of o services for the most vulnerable
children.
 
The Council remained committed
to continuous improvement and had developed a plan to address areas
requiring further development.
 
RESOLVED that:-

a)     
the outcome of the recent Ofsted inspection of
services for children in need of help and protection, children
looked after and care leavers be
noted.

b)     
the Ofsted Recommendations Improvement Plan, as
set out at Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report, in response to the
findings be noted.