However long-standing issues around violence, isolation of children and insufficient intervention work to reduce reoffending still remain at the STC, inspectors from Ofsted and HMI Prisons found during a visit last month.
The inspection concluded that the STC "requires improvement to be good", which is the same rating it was given after an inspection in May last year.
A strengthened leadership team and increased voice of children in shaping conditions at the setting were noted as improvements, as well as improvements around bespoke care plans which children now receive.
Children are described as having easy access to talk to staff, while the introduction of aa children’s council and complaint system has led to suggestions from young people being put into place, according to the report.
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