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Bath & North East Somerset: Local Spotlight

South West council maintained high standards during the pandemic and has been clever in its use of funding to improve services.
Bath & North East Somerset received a share of £15m to develop intensive support for families at risk of care proceedings. Picture: Alexey Fedorenko/Adobe Stock
Bath & North East Somerset received a share of £15m to develop intensive support for families at risk of care proceedings. Picture: Alexey Fedorenko/Adobe Stock

Since 2018, Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) has been smart in its use of national funding schemes to improve services for disadvantaged children and families. The beneficial impact of this can be seen in its recently published Ofsted report which highlighted the improvements made in children’s services since the last inspection three years before.

Children’s services in B&NES has been in a good place for some time: it was rated “good” in a single inspection framework report in 2017 and a focused visit in 2019 was also largely positive about services for care leavers. Between these, there was a positive inspection of special educational needs and disability services, one of few areas to be praised for this.

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