Cornwall Council’s children’s social care services have been rated as ‘Good’ in the most recent Ofsted inspection – putting them in the top 25% of children’s services in the country that have been inspected under this tougher new inspection framework. 

Only 12 local authorities have improved to ‘Good’ under this inspection regime and Cornwall is the only authority rated as ‘Inadequate’ between 2010 to 2011 that has now improved to ‘Good’.

The final report from the team of 12 inspectors published yesterday (June 27) gives the Council an overall rating of ’Good’, with four of the key areas of the inspection also being rated as ‘Good’ – Children in Care and Permanence; Adoption; Care Leavers; and Leadership, Management and Governance.

The inspectors stated: ’A stable and dedicated senior management team, led by an experienced Director of Children’s Services, has worked steadily and purposefully to implement systemic change to services for children and young people in Cornwall.’ 

The report concludes that services for children and young people in Cornwall are now in a much stronger position and more effective than they were in 2013.

Inspectors rated the area of Help and Protection, as ‘Requires Improvement to get to Good’.