Key DfE figure defends claims of 'complacency'

摘要

A top mandarin has been accused of 'complacency' by MPs over the time taken to improve children's services. It takes an average of two-and-a-half years for a council to improve from an 'inadequate' Ofsted rating, the Public Accounts Committee was told by the permanent secretary at the Department for Education, Jonathan Slater. He said: 'This stuff can take time to put right. We want it to improve as fast as it possibly can.'