CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council invests £600k to improve children's services

West Berkshire Council is investing £600,000 in new staff and extra training as part of a plan to improve its children’s services.

By Mark Whitehead | 01 September 2015

West Berkshire Council is investing £600,000 in new staff and extra training as part of a plan to improve its children's services.

Improvement advisers from specialist consultancy Exploring Choices have been appointed to work with the council following an Ofsted inspection in March which judged its children's services to be inadequate.

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