Tag: children’s services
Nursery child care in city set for £1.5m boost
Nursery child care in Birmingham is set to get a £1.5 million funding boost from the city council to ensure there is enough good quality provision across the city. Cabinet is being asked to approve the increase to the Early Education Entitlement (EEE) funding rate for youngsters aged two, three and four at private, voluntary […]
Good progress for children’s services
Reports setting out progress made in children’s social care services and education are to go before the city council. Children’s social care is over a year into its three-year improvement plan and the report sets out progress so far and plans for the next two years. The next two years will focus on improving social […]
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board annual report
Jane Held, independent chair of the multi-agency Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board, will present her annual report to the education and vulnerable children overview and scrutiny committee on 25 November. She said: “The report presents a positive picture of progress over the year in most aspects of the board’s work. There is clear evidence that as […]
Publication of Ofsted children's services report
Birmingham City Council response to the Ofsted children's services report published on 23 May 2014 Response from the cabinet member for children and family services “We must never forget that the welfare of children is at the heart of everything we do and here in Birmingham we have a group of people who are absolutely […]
Le Grand Review into Birmingham's children's services
Children’s Minister Edward Timpson has today written to Professor Julian Le Grand and Sir Albert Bore about Professor Le Grand’s report on Birmingham children's social care services. LINK TO LETTER TO SIR ALBERT BORE LINK TO LETTER TO PROFESSOR LE GRAND AND FULL REPORT The Recommendations The le Grand review has recommended that a commissioner is appointed to oversee […]
Peer review findings into children's services
A local government association review into Birmingham city council's children's services is to be presented to cabinet. The LGA's peer review was commissioned by the council's director of children's services as part of the service's improvement strategy. Peer challenges are a recognised way of bringing some of the best people in local government to review […]
Our strategy for improving children’s services
Councillor Brigid Jones has set out a strategy for transforming Birmingham's children's services, including a major financial investment in frontline services. The strategy for improving outcomes for children and young people in Birmingham sets out a vision for sustained improvement of children's services, based on a multi-agency approach. The cabinet member for children and family […]
