The city’s children’s services had been rated “inadequate” by the inspectorate for a decade before being taken over Birmingham Children’s Trust, a community interest company wholly owned by Birmingham City Council.
Improvement had been noted when Ofsted inspected in 2018, and it was rated as “required improvement to be good”.
Following inspectors latest visit in February this year, Ofsted has uplifted its rating for children’s services again, to “good”. This is for all aspects of its work, including supporting children in care and care leavers, leadership and protecting children.
“Much progress has been made” by the council and trust over the last five years to improve “the experiences and outcomes of their children”, states Ofsted in its latest inspection report.
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