During its last full inspection in 2018, the council was rated “inadequate” across all areas with inspectors urging leaders to improve “placement stability and the timeliness in achieving permanence for all children” and “the availability of sufficient, suitable local placements to meet the needs of children in care and care leavers”.
It now boasts the highest conversion rate of foster carers becoming adopters in the West Yorkshire region, according to council figures.
In 2018/19, 30 children were adopted overall, with numbers rising in 2020/21 to 49 children.
Council leaders hail changes to practice including the introduction of the Mockingbird Family Model for foster carers as factors leading to improvement in children’s social care.
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