For a local authority less than three years in the making to receive a “good” Ofsted rating for children’s services is no mean feat, particularly when you factor in a pandemic, but that’s exactly what Dorset Council achieved in December last year.
The authority, formed on 1 April 2019, replaced the former county council and four district councils for the Purbeck, East Dorset, West Dorset and North Dorset, and the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. The move was part of a wider reorganisation of local government in the region which also saw neighbouring Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole councils join together to form a second new authority.
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