Children’s minister Will Quince wrote to the council last week, praising its “considerable achievement over what has been a very challenging 18 months”.
He said the jump from "inadequate" to "good" was a “testament to the strong practice from social workers”.
“I was impressed to see comments about strong leadership, which has resulted in high quality practice, workforce stability, improved partnership working, and ultimately led to the ‘outstanding’ sub-judgment for leadership,” Quince added.
A direction notice for statutory intervention at the council was issued in June 2018 after inspectors found “serious and widespread failures across children’s services in Wakefield”.
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