Knowsley is managing current and historic challenges linked to deprivation with 27 per cent of children currently living in low-income households. Around 95 per cent of the population are of white ethnicity.
Since being rated "inadequate" in 2014, children's services has steadily improved and in June 2017 was judged "requires improvement" by Ofsted, which noted "significant improvements have been made in the transformation of children's social care".
Results from an Ofsted focused visit of "the first point of contact for children needing help and protection" has recently been carried out with inspectors praising strong leadership and management arrangements and concluding that children receive a timely, proportionate and effective response.
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