Analysis on the performance and standards of children’s services in England over recent years has identified four key issues that are holding back improvement.
The research by Isos Partnership for the Local Government Association updates a 2016 study and is based on interviews with national agencies and nine councils that had improved children’s services or sustained strong performance.
Findings are set out in a report –A maturing approach to children’s services improvement: updating the key enablers of progress – which concludes that children’s services are “continuing to deliver improvements and sustain strong performance”, but are hindered by “systemic challenges”.
These challenges transcend what local partnerships can deliver and require a response at a regional and national level.
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