Children’s services in Kensington and Chelsea,Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham merged to save money and protect services, but the slither has been a spur to improvementWhen asked how safeguarding services and provision for children in care in the tri-borough (Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster,Hammersmith and Fulham) achieved a rating of “outstanding” in our recent Ofsted inspection, the first point I would make is that we built on good foundations. All three councils were judged as good, and four years ago.“Requiring improvement” has become the modern normal Ofsted rating. So why were we judged outstanding?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com