The department’s leadership, support for children in care and overall effectiveness all received the inspectorate’s top rating once again, following inspectors visit in April this year.
Meanwhile, its child protection work has been uplifted from "good" to "outstanding".
Good access to local early help is among areas praised in child protection work as is a “strong multi-agency partnership” in place to identify families’ needs and provide swift support.
Ofsted is particularly impressed that people in families' local community are used to help children as they “most often know them best and are already positively involved in their lives”.
Out of hours support for children in need of help is also praised.
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