A letter from children’s minister David Johnston to council leaders has confirmed the Department for Education is lifting the notice, which was issued in August 2022.
He has taken the decision due to improvements that have taken place since then and since it was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted in January 2019.
In January this year Ofsted uplifted its rating to “requires improvement to be good” and praised a stability of leadership under its director of children’s services Pauline Turner, who joined the council in 2020.
Inspectors also praised support for children in care and care leavers, and for involving young people in decision making around their support.
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