Inspectors visited Hampshire County Council between 10-14 June and rated the local authority’s children’s services as “outstanding”.
This is the second consecutive time that the service has received the inspectorate's highest rating which it also achieved in 2019.
Inspectors noted that children “continue to benefit from strong and effective services that make a positive difference to their lives” as “senior leaders have retained their absolute focus on the progress and experiences of children, while successfully delivering wholescale culture change and service transformation” through a new family help model.
Joint working between “political, corporate and children’s services senior leaders” was said to be running “exceptionally well” while “significant investment” in the workforce enabled “strong performance”.
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