Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People, regarding the framework for the Ofsted Inspection of Local Authority Children Services (ILACS).

The Board was advised that the last Ofsted Inspection of Children Services in Halton took place in 2014, under the Single Inspection Framework (SIF). It was noted that the overall judgement was “Requires Improvement”, as detailed in the report. Since that inspection, a plan had been developed to address the recommendations, with continual monitoring, review and evaluation of performance undertaken.

It was reported that the SIF cycle had ended, and local authorities would now be inspected under the ILACS framework, which was essentially built around answering three questions, as stated in the report. In addition, the presentation provided information on what the authority could expect in terms of inspection visits, although it was noted that the ‘Annual Conversation’ visit and shared self-evaluation took place on 26 January 2018.

RESOLVED: That the presentation be noted.