Guidance

Get support from children’s services improvement partners

How local authorities can request support from sector-led improvement partners to improve their children’s services.

From:
Department for Education
Published
23 May 2022
Last updated
1513 AugustSeptember 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Get support from children’s social care sector-led improvement partners

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This guidance is for local authorities that have been rated by Ofsted as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’. It will help them find a suitable sector-led improvement partner to support them to improve their children’s services.

Local authorities rated as ‘good’ can also access support, if there is significant evidence of a decline in performance.

Updates to this page

Published 23 May 2022
Last updated 1513 AugustSeptember 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated the list of sector-led improvement partners in 'Get support from children’s social care sector-led improvement partners'.

  2. Updated the list of partners and the details of their offer in 'Get support from children’s social care sector-led improvement partners' for 2024 to 2025.

  3. First published.

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