Enhanced Youth Inspection

Below are the highlights from the full Enhanced Youth Inspection by Ofsted

• KCC provides strong and effective strategic direction, and the Youth Service enjoys long-standing political support.
• The Head of Service provides good leadership. Teamwork at all levels of the service is strong and morale is high.
• Quality of youth work is very good with some outstanding features. Youth workers provide positive, sometimes inspirational, role models; staff are enthusiastic and highly committed.
• Young people are served well by an excellent range of high quality activities to support their personal and social development. Many acquire new skills and have their achievement recognised through accredited qualifications.
• Young people make an excellent contribution to civic life and democratic decision making. Kent Youth County Council and district youth forums have an impressive track record of championing youth issues.
• Young people have access to an excellent range of services, with well-located universal provision complemented by carefully targeted street-based projects. Accommodation, including mobile provision, is good and some is excellent with significant investment over a number of years.
• Good use is made of resources, providing a very good return on the modest initial investment made by the council.
• The service attracts substantial levels of external funding.
• Plans for an integrated youth support and development service build on the Youth Service's many strengths.
• Partnership work is outstanding, and the Youth Service has been instrumental in the development of many innovative and successful programmes.
• Effective support is provided for vulnerable young people, including care leavers, young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and those from BME communities. The appointment of a dedicated Diversity Officer has contributed to notable progress in the service's quality and diversity practices.
• A well-established quality assurance framework is in place.
• A flexible and relevant curriculum framework is well-conceived and builds on best practice.
• Good use is made of management information to inform judgement on overall performance.

You can read the full Enhanced Youth Inspection by Ofsted and the Adobe PDF of this factsheet.