The trust was established in October 2015 after the Department for Education intervened to remove responsibility for children's services from the council.
This followed "inadequate" Ofsted ratings in 2011, 2013 and 2015, as well as highly critical monitoring reports, which included concerns over delays in taking action to help at-risk children.
However, following a rating of “requires improvement to be good” from the inspectorate in March 2019, the trust will transition to Slough Children First, a company wholly-owned by the council, on 1 April.
As part of the transition, several elements of children's services currently run within the council, including the Early Help Hub and Family Information Services, and services to assist young people into education and employment, will move to Slough Children First.
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