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Improvement notice issued to Reading Borough Council: July 2025
An improvement notice issued to Reading Borough Council to improve its children’s social care services.
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This improvement notice requires Reading Borough Council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services.
It follows Ofsted’s joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) report, published on 6 May 2025, which identified significant weaknesses in the multi-agency approach to prevention, help and support for children who are victims of domestic abuse.
One area of priority action and several areas of improvement were identified.
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Published 31 July 2025