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Last Updated: Thursday, 18 November, 2004, 00:54 GMT
Social services star ratings 2004
The Commission for Social Care Inspection has published its 2004 star ratings for the social services departments of every council in England.

See the full list below.

THREE STAR COUNCILS
Council nameServing adults well?Capacity to improve adult services?Serving children well?Capacity to improve children's services?
Bexley Yes Excellent Yes Excellent
Blackburn with Darwen Most Excellent Most Excellent
Bolton Most Excellent Yes Excellent
City of London Most Promising Yes Promising
Derbyshire Yes Excellent Most Excellent
Gateshead Most Excellent Most Excellent
Kensington & Chelsea Most Promising Yes Excellent
Kent Most Excellent Most Excellent
Kingston upon Thames Most Excellent Yes Promising
Kirklees Most Excellent Most Excellent
Knowsley Most Excellent Most Excellent
Leicestershire Most Excellent Most Excellent
Newcastle upon Tyne Yes Excellent Most Excellent
North Lincolnshire Yes Excellent Most Excellent
Somerset Yes Excellent Most Promising
Southwark Most Excellent Most Excellent
Sunderland Most Excellent Most Excellent
Tower Hamlets Most Excellent Most Excellent
Wandsworth Most Excellent Yes Excellent
Westminster Yes Excellent Yes Excellent


TWO STAR COUNCILS
Council nameServing adults well?Capacity to improve adult services? Serving children well?Capacity to improve children's services?
Barnet Some Uncertain Most Excellent
Barnsley Most Promising Some Promising
Bath & NE Somerset Some Promising Most Promising
Bradford Most Promising Most Promising
Brent Most Promising Some Promising
Bury Most Promising Most Promising
Calderdale Most Promising Some Promising
Cambridgeshire Some Promising Most Promising
Camden Most Promising Most Promising
Cheshire Most Promising Most Promising
Cornwall Yes Excellent Some Promising
Coventry Most Promising Some Promising
Croydon Most Excellent Most Promising
Darlington Some Promising Most Promising
Derby Most Promising Some Promising
Doncaster Some Promising Most Promising
Dorset Most Promising Most Promising
Dudley Most Excellent Some Promising
Durham Most Excellent Most Promising
East Riding of Yorkshire Most Promising Most Promising
East Sussex Some Promising Most Promising
Enfield Some Promising Most Promising
Essex Some Promising Most Promising
Hackney Some Promising Most Promising
Halton Most Promising Some Excellent
Hammersmith & Fulham Most Promising Most Excellent
Hampshire Most Promising Some Promising
Hartlepool Most Promising Most Promising
Hertfordshire Most Excellent Some Promising
Hounslow Most Promising Most Promising
Isle of Wight Most Promising Some Promising
Islington Most Promising Some Promising
Kingston upon Hull Most Uncertain Most Promising
Lancashire Most Promising Some Excellent
Leeds Most Promising Most Uncertain
Leicester Most Excellent Most Promising
Luton Most Promising Most Promising
Manchester Most Promising Some Promising
Merton Some Promising Most Promising
Middlesbrough Most Promising Most Promising
Milton Keynes Most Promising Most Promising
North Somerset Some Promising Most Excellent
North Yorkshire Most Promising Most Excellent
Northumberland Most Promising Some Promising
Nottingham Most Promising Most Promising
Nottinghamshire Some Excellent Most Excellent
Peterborough Some Promising Most Promising
Poole Most Promising Some Promising
Portsmouth Most Promising Some Promising
Reading Some Promising Most Promising
Redbridge Most Promising Most Promising
Redcar & Cleveland Some Promising Most Promising
Richmond upon Thames Some Promising Most Promising
Rutland Most Promising Most Promising
Salford Most Promising Some Promising
Sefton Most Promising Some Promising
Sheffield Some Promising Most Promising
Shropshire Most Promising Most Excellent
Slough Most Promising Some Promising
Solihull Most Promising Some Excellent
South Gloucester Some Promising Most Promising
South Tyneside Most Promising Some Promising
Southampton Most Promising Most Promising
St. Helens Most Promising Most Promising
Stockport Most Promising Some Promising
Stockton-on-Tees Most Promising Some Promising
Suffolk Some Promising Most Promising
Surrey Most Promising Some Promising
Tameside Most Excellent Some Promising
Telford & the Wrekin Most Excellent Some Promising
Thurrock Most Promising Most Promising
Wakefield Most Excellent Most Promising
Warrington Most Promising Most Promising
Warwickshire Some Promising Most Promising
West Berkshire Most Excellent Most Promising
West Sussex Most Promising Most Promising
Wigan Most Excellent Most Promising
Wiltshire Most Promising Some Promising
Wirral Most Promising Some Promising
Wokingham Some Promising Most Promising
Worcestershire Most Promising Most Excellent
York Most Promising Most Promising


ONE STAR COUNCILS
Council nameServing adults well?Capacity to improve adult services? Serving children well?Capacity to improve children's services?
Barking & Dagenham Some Promising Some Promising
Blackpool Some Promising Some Uncertain
Bournemouth Some Promising Some Promising
Bracknell Forest Some Uncertain Most Promising
Brighton & Hove Some Promising Some Promising
Bristol Some Promising Some Promising
Bromley Some Promising Some Promising
Buckinghamshire Some Promising Some Promising
Devon Some Promising Some Promising
Gloucestershire Some Promising Some Promising
Greenwich Some Promising Some Promising
Haringey Most Promising Some Uncertain
Harrow Some Uncertain Some Promising
Havering Some Uncertain Some Promising
Herefordshire Some Promising Some Promising
Hillingdon Some Uncertain Some Promising
Lambeth Some Promising Some Uncertain
Lewisham Most Promising Some Uncertain
Lincolnshire Some Uncertain Some Uncertain
Liverpool Some Promising Some Promising
Medway Towns Some Promising Some Uncertain
Newham Some Promising Some Promising
Norfolk Some Promising Some Promising
North East Lincolnshire Some Promising Some Promising
North Tyneside Some Excellent Some Promising
Northamptonshire Some Promising Some Promising
Oxfordshire Some Promising Some Uncertain
Rochdale Some Promising Some Promising
Rotherham Most Promising Some Uncertain
Sandwell Most Promising Some Uncertain
Southend-on-Sea Some Promising Some Promising
Staffordshire Some Promising Some Promising
Stoke-on-Trent Some Uncertain Some Uncertain
Sutton Some Promising Some Promising
Torbay Some Uncertain Some Uncertain
Trafford Some Promising Some Promising
Walsall Some Promising Some Promising
Waltham Forest Some Promising Some Promising
Windsor & Maidenhead Some Promising Some Promising
Wolverhampton Most Promising Some Uncertain


NO STAR COUNCILS
Council nameServing adults well?Capacity to improve adult services?Serving children well?Capacity to improve children's services?
Bedfordshire Some Promising No Promising
Birmingham Some Promising No Promising
Cumbria Some Uncertain No Uncertain
Ealing Some Poor Most Uncertain
Isles of Scilly Some Poor Some Poor
Oldham Some Uncertain Some Poor
Plymouth Some Uncertain No Uncertain
Swindon Some Uncertain No Uncertain





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