In a critical report, following a visit by inspectors in March this year, the council is warned that “there is significant variation in the quality of services and social work practice provided to children and families”.
While acknowledging that council leaders have increased investment in children’s services in recent years and are aware that improvement is needed, inspectors say “the pace of change has been too slow”.
A lack of accuracy in written reports is among concerns raised by Ofsted, which has graded York children’s services as “requires improvement to be good” across all areas of the department, including its leadership, child protection, support for care leavers and children in care as well as for overall effectiveness.
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