Decision details

RESOLVED:

1.  That it be noted that Ofsted carried out an announced inspection of the Fostering Service on 12 – 14 December 2011.

2.  That it be noted that the report on the inspection was received on 17 January 2012 which confirmed that Ofsted had given the Fostering Service an overall quality rating of GOOD, noting many areas of the service that the inspectors considered to be of outstanding quality (see Ofsted letter – Appendix 1 of the report).

3.  That the action plan (set out in paragraph 13 of the report) to address the three recommendations made by Ofsted for securing future improvement of the service be noted and that committee receive updates on the progress of the actions.