Three stars high and rising

Enfield Council has received a glowing report for its performance from a government watchdog this week.

The Audit Commission awarded the authority three stars for its Corporate Performance Assessment (CPA) adding it was ‘improving well’.

Enfield Council leader, Mike Rye said: “Five years ago the Council was seen as a poor authority but thanks to the hard work of officers and a focus on tackling residents’ priorities, we have turned things around. But we need to kick on from here and improve even further.

“The acid test is what our residents want and judging by the latest residents’ survey it appears we are on the right track. But we will never relax in striving to provide the best, value for money services for council taxpayers and residents.”

The Audit Commission report said: “Enfield Council is improving well. Enfield continues to deliver improvements in priority areas such as environmental services and community safety. Four-fifths of performance indicators improved during the last year, one of the highest figures in London. There is good progress in children’s and young people’s services, where Enfield has worked well with partners, although educational achievement at the key stages needs to improve further. The housing benefits service has retained its excellent rating. Housing and culture services have improved, and although the overall rating for adult social care has declined, aspects of service provision remain strong. ……The prospects for continued improvement are good.”

In particular, the Housing score increased dramatically from 2 stars to a maximum 4 stars. Culture (including leisure and libraries) increased from 2 to 3, Benefits retained their score of 4, adult social care went from 3 to 2 while environment and children and young people kept their 3 stars. The Council’s score for value for money also increased from 2 to 3 and it retained its score of 3 out of 4 for its overall use of resources.

Councillor Ann Zinkin, cabinet member for corporate services and communications said: “Enfield has had an excellent record in driving improvement in our services and this is now being reflected in resident satisfaction. We want to be among the best for service delivery, satisfaction and value for money so we will continue to focus our energies on further improvements in key services.”

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