Current Council Performance
Bracknell Forest Borough Council is one of the top performing councils in the country, according to this year’s national star rating results.
The Council has been awarded the highest rating of four stars out of four by the Audit Commission and has been classified as improving strongly” - again the highest possible rating. Just 13 out of 149 councils achieved this top result this year.
The CPA (undertaken by the Audit Commission) combines the Use of Resources assessment, the Corporate Assessment and the Service Assessments to produce an overall star rating for the Council.
The Council’s Direction of Travel is also assessed through CPA.
For further details, please see the latest Annual Audit and Inspection Letter issued by the Audit Commission. Other reports by the Audit Commission regarding Bracknell Forest Borough Council can be found on the Audit Commissions website
Supporting Inspections
The Council has been subject to the following inspections over the last year:
- Corporate Assessment
- Annual Performance Assessment of services for children and young people
- Joint Area Review
- Youth Service
- CSCI: Annual Performance Assessment of social care services for adults
- Benefit Fraud Inspectorate: CPA Improvement Reporting
In addition the Council receives an annual audit, details of which are reported in the Annual Audit and Inspection Letter. This is reported publicly to Councillors.
Performance Indicators
The Government sets out a number of measures designed to assess the progress of local authorities against national priority areas. At the end of each financial year, the Council is subject to an audit of both its financial and management arrangements by independent external auditors.
These national performance indicators are called Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI) and they impact on all services of the Council.
Detailed information all Best Value Indicators are measured, recorded and monitored through Service Plans, Quarterly Operations Reports and Corporate Performance Overview Reports. The latest available audited Indicator results can be viewed within the council’s Annual Report.
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Downloads
Annual Report Review of 2007 to 2008 and Plans for 2008 to 2009 (21436kb)- Annual Audit and Inspection Letter March 2008 (252kb)
- Annual Audit and Inspection Letter March 2007 (417kb)
- BVUSS 2006 General Survey (394kb)
- Corporate Assessment Report February 2008 (220kb)
- CPA Scorecard 2007 (65kb)
- CPA 2005 Key Lines of Enquiry for Corporate Assessment (54kb)
- CPA Guide to Service Assessments (2246kb)
- CPA The Harder Test 2006 (3223kb)
- CPA The Harder Test Framework for 2006 (323kb)
- Direction of Travel Assessments (277kb)
