Croydon's Children's Services have officially been rated GOOD by OFSTED! This is just one more step towards getting our Council back on track.
Here's what the report says:
- Croydon has "improved in most areas" since the last inspection in 2020, despite Croydon's challenging financial situation and increased demands.
- Services for children in care have now been rated as GOOD.
OFSTED highlighted social workers’ "creative, sensitive" work with children in care.
- Services for our care leavers have also been rated as GOOD, having "significantly improved" since the 2020 inspection. The report finds that Personal Advisors help our care leavers "follow their dreams and have successful futures".
- It's important that we listen to our care-experienced children, which is why I'm so pleased to see the report praise our work with young ambassadors, who are appointed by the Council to influence our decision-making and the services they receive.
- The report also finds that disabled children receive a "responsive and sensitive" service from their social workers.
We are not complacent. We know where improvements can be made, and we already have plans underway – now we will be stepping up the pace.
This report is good news for Croydon, and testament to the hard work of our children’s services staff. I also want to thank the young people who have worked with us to improve the services we provide.
