Children’s services at the council are now rated as “good” by the inspectorate following an inspection between 20 September and 1 October.
Services were previously rated “requires improvement to be good” in 2017 and “inadequate” in 2015.
A report by inspectors states that despite Leicester being “significantly affected” by Covid-19 and dealing with very high rates of infection, the council “continued to provide a robust level of support for all children known to children’s social care, including ongoing face-to-face visits, to ensure that they were safe and protected and their welfare was being promoted”.
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