The Yorkshire council, whose children’s services were rated "inadequate" by Ofsted last November following an emergency inspection ordered in light of the child sexual exploitation scandal (CSE) in the town, could be one of the first authorities to collaborate with the inspectorate on delivering improvements.
Ofsted has recently piloted what it calls an “improvement offer” with two local authorities whose children’s services have been rated inadequate, and is considering rolling this out further.
Giving evidence to the Commons communities and local government committee this week, Ofsted’s social care chief Debbie Jones said the offer of improvement support “is available” to Rotherham.
“We’re in discussions with Rotherham,” she told MPs, before adding that any work Ofsted does with the council is likely to be linked to addressing recommendations it made in the recent inspection report.
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