It has finally happened – two and a half years after Ofsted’s single inspection framework first launched in November 2013, the regulator has awarded its first overall “outstanding” ratings for children’s services.
Both Kensington and Chelsea Council, and Westminster Council received the top grade, while Hammersmith and Fulham Council, was handed an overall “good” judgment, receiving outstanding sub-grades in two key areas – adoption performance, and leadership, management and governance.
Although the three London authorities were inspected separately, they make up a “tri-borough” children’s services department, headed by a single director of children’s services – Andrew Christie (see box) – after merging their services in 2011.
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