Agenda item

Reports of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Committee received a set of reports of the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of the recent Ofsted Inspections.  Members were very pleased to note that Children’s Services had been judged as ‘Good’ with a number of ‘Outstanding’ features; the City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board had been rated ‘Outstanding’ and the Adult Skills and Education Service had been rated as ‘Good’.

The Director was also pleased to advised that only 6 out of 110 local authorities had received ‘Outstanding’ judgements in leadership, management and governance; the Board’s rating as ‘Outstanding’ had been the only one in the UK and Adult Skills had been rated in the top 30% of London local authorities.   Whilst officers would continue to strive to achieve outstanding ratings across the board, Members noted that the only authorities who had received ‘Outstanding’ for Adult Skills and Education Services were looking after other authorities as well as their own.  Members noted there had been 6 recommendations and an action plan had been produced.

RESOLVED, that - the Ofsted ratings for the City of London’s Children and Adult Skills and Education Services and the City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board be noted.