The fieldwork and evidence collection phase of the Joint Area Review Inspection finished on 8 February when the JAR and CA inspection teams left after 2 weeks in Leicester.

 

The inspection team said they enjoyed their time in Leicester and passed on their thanks to everyone involved in order to acknowledge all the hard work and effort.  They really appreciated the warm welcome and everyone’s openness and willingness to make themselves available, sometimes at short notice.  They really enjoyed the visits they went on and the opportunity to talk to colleagues and children and young people and their parents and carers in Leicester.  They were also impressed with the enthusiasm and commitment shown throughout the inspection.

 

The inspection team wrote up all their evidence, graded each area of their investigations, and provided a draft report to the Local Authority on 31 March.  The Authority had 10 days to comment on this.  During this time, Tony Dewhurst, the Lead Inspector, revisited Leicester briefly in early April to meet with the Local Authority and partners to discuss the draft report.  A pre-publication report was sent to the Local Authority and any amendments made before the end of May.  The final report was published on 3rd June - Click here to open a copy.

 

The Authority is then required to circulate the report in Leicester and to make a written statement of proposed action or an action plan, in light of the report and any identified areas for improvement and/or development.