Decision

Resolved that:

·       To inform the Executive of the “Good” overall effectiveness rating and commend the progress made since 2023.

·       To inform the Executive that for the continued development of children’s services that Executive note the requirement for:

• Investment in Early Help capacity to ensure timely support for families.
• Propose a revised multi-agency Early Help strategy with clear delivery milestones.
• Targeted improvement in practice for children experiencing chronic neglect and domestic abuse.
• Standardising contingency plans across child protection and child-in-need cases.
• Continued recruitment and retention efforts.
• Twice yearly progress reports to the committee on Ofsted development progress concentrating on Early Help capacity, participation metrics and Workforce stability & caseloads.

This decision is not subject to call in as:

·     Report is to note only

therefore it will be implemented immediately.