Children's Services Assessment (CSA)
Ofsted’s annual assessment of the performance of children’s services recognises the key role played by local authorities in ensuring that good or better quality services and settings improve outcomes for children and young people. Children’s services include the full range of services, from universal services such as education through to specialist services, such as those for looked after children. The local authority has a lead role in providing many of these services, and works with its partner agencies, and the private and voluntary sectors to improve outcomes for children and young people. The Children’s Services Assessment (CSA) is OfSTED’s annual assessment of the quality of children’s services in that local authority area. It replaces the Annual Performance Assessment (APA).
