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Slough children's services trust improves Ofsted rating

3 mins read Social Care
Children's services in Slough - run by an independent trust since 2015 - has improved its Ofsted rating having spent seven years as "inadequate".

Slough Children's Services Trust was handed a "requires improvement" rating following a visit by the inspectorate in mid-January after making "significant progress" over the past year.

The latest report praises several changes that have improved outcomes for children, and makes a number of recommendations to help it become "good" in the future.

The news comes nine months after the trust announced the appointment of former Wokingham Council director of children's services Lisa Humphreys as its chief executive.

The trust was established in October 2015 after the Department for Education intervened to remove responsibility for children's services from Slough Borough Council.

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