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Item 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Report

Committee:

Children and Young People Select Committee

Date of meeting:

15 January 2010

Report Title:

Ofsted: Children's Services annual rating December 2009

Report From:

Report of the Chief Executive

Contact name:

Martin Combs

Tel:

01962 847479

Email:

[email protected]

1. The 2009 annual rating has assessed Hampshire Children's Services as performing well, however the assessment also identifies areas where improvement is indicated

1.1 The exceptions to the generally positive ratings include:

    · Two out of eight children's homes not achieving the good or better ratings of the rest

    · Unacceptably high case loads in one area

    · One serious case review out of the four being judged inadequate

    · Comparing primary schools with the national average, Hampshire does well, but can be below the average for similar areas.

    · The generally good performance of Hampshire against the majority of national indicators, does not yet show consistency across all Hampshire areas, with children in care achievement still low at the end of primary school, and a high proportion of care leavers not in education, employment or training.

1.2 The Ofsted letter communicating the rating is included below:

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background documents

 

The following documents discuss facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and have been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report. (NB: the list excludes published works and any documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.)

 

Document

Location

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IMPACT ASSESSMENTS:

Equalities Impact Assessment: potential for committee to select issues aimed to reduce inequalities

Impact on Crime and Disorder: None

Climate Change:

    How does what is being proposed impact on our carbon footprint / energy consumption? N/A

1.2.1 How does what is being proposed consider the need to adapt to climate change, and be resilient to its longer term impacts? N/A