Walsall Council Ofsted celebration

Walsall Council Ofsted celebration.

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00:00Hello, my name is Colleen Mayall, I'm an Executive Director for Children's Services at Walsall Council.

00:07Hi, I'm Councillor Mark Stadden, the portfolio of children, families and lifelong learning.

00:13It's my pleasure to tell people and announce to Walsall and the wider West Midlands

00:18that we are the first council within the West Midlands metropolitan borough

00:22to be awarded outstanding via Ofsted.

00:26This judgement from Ofsted is a huge achievement for not only Walsall Council,

00:32but the children and families that we serve, the partners that we work with,

00:36the council as a part as a whole including our elected members.

00:40It's been a real team effort and we are so proud of our staff,

00:45not only through this inspection process but the great work that they do every day to improve outcomes for children.

00:52Ofsted recognise the journey of transformation that Walsall Children's Services has been on since 2017

01:00and we have strived to improve outcomes for all children and families so that they have the best staffs

01:07and so that they reach their full potential.

01:10The inspection is a rigorous process but recognise the strengths of the great work that our social workers

01:18and our non-social qualified workers do every day.

01:22They also recognise the great work that we do as a partnership and how we work with our partners

01:28to achieve the very best for our children and their families.

01:32We are so proud to be able to announce this judgement today to our staff.