Comprehensive Performance Assessment
Salford City Council retains its three out of four star rating from inspectors from the Audit Commission.
The Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) by the Audit Commission measures how well councils are doing against a number of criteria and then awards authorities stars based on their scores.
The government’s independent inspectors have published the results of their latest review of the council’s overall performance. Salford has been awarded three out of four stars in the latest end-of-term report and was again described as "improving well”.
The Audit Commission published their report on 5 March. The report recognises progress made by Salford City Council which will improve the lives of local people. The commission says Salford has made improvements in many areas.
The Audit Commission’s report looks at the quality and delivery of services provided across a range of areas, including housing, care for the elderly, and children's education and social care and whether those services are delivering value for money for the taxpayer.
The report says:
Salford City Council is improving well. The council has made improvements in many areas including providing better housing and reducing crime. Education results continue to improve, with pupils achieving their best ever GCSE results.
Partnership working remains strong, helping to further improve adult social care performance. This includes strong support to allow people to live at home and programmes to help older people stay healthy and active.
Effective leadership supports the continued regeneration of the local economy, with jobs created as a direct result of the development of MediaCityUK. The council is proactive in supporting local people into employment including those from deprived areas. Skill levels and employment rates have risen, although the economic downturn presents future challenges. The council is realistic about the scale of future challenges and that some service outcomes are below that of other similar areas. However, underperformance is proactively addressed and there are signs that this is leading to improvements in the safeguarding of children. Challenging yet realistic plans are in place to further tackle barriers to employment, improve residents' health and enhance the cleanliness of public spaces while at the same time delivering better value for money.
- CPA scorecard 2007 (published February 2008)
- CPA corporate assessment 2006
- What is CPA?
- CPA archive - our previous inspection reports for 2002-2006
Downloadable documents
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Rachel Todd
- Address
- Unity House
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
SALFORD
M27 5FJ - Telephone
- 0161 793 3433
- rachel.todd@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 05 March 2009
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