Ofsted's report, Inspection of safeguarding and looked after children services: Birmingham, highlights the council's "significant weaknesses in child protection arrangements".
"There is evidence of some good initiatives in universal services and in social care settings which have had discernable impact and led, particularly in residential care, to much improved outcomes for children," the report states.
"However, there has been insufficient focus on the critical core business of protecting children and young people at the highest risk."
The overall effectiveness of the council’s safeguarding services, and their capacity for improvement, were rated as inadequate. Quality of provision, leadership and management, and efforts to ensure children and young people are safe, were also judged to be inadequate.
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