What is a Corporate Assessment?
The Corporate Assessment (CA) is a key part of the Audit Commission's Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) framework. The CA element of the CPA focuses on the importance of a sound corporate 'engine' to drive the delivery of good services. It is undertaken every few years and is a very important part of the council's aspiration to achieve a four-star rating, the highest rating a council can achieve in our next CPA.
The Corporate Assessment is structured around five themes
- Our Ambition for the community
- How we address Prioritisation
- Our Capacity, together with how we work with our partners
- Our Performance Management arrangements
- Our Achievements over the last few years
The Corporate Assessment looks at how successfully authorities work together with their partners, to deliver services to improve the quality of life for people in the communities we serve. Authorities are judged on how well they work with key partners such as health, the police, the voluntary sector and the Government in order to deliver the ambitions and priorities for the local area.
South Gloucestershire Corporate Assessment 2008
Our corporate assessment was undertaken during May 2008.
The inspection team spent two weeks at the council talking to a wide range of people including senior staff, key councillors, partners and contractors.
Following the inspection, the Audit Commission published their final report in September.
The council had an overall score of four for the inspection, the top score.
This means we are 'performing strongly' and are one of a handful of authorities in the country to achieve this rating.
This excellent score has also enabled the council to achieve a four star rating for the CPA, the highest rating possible.