About Us

We’re very honest about the inspiring improvement journey we’re on. When Northamptonshire Children’s Trust (NCT) was created in November 2020 to deliver children’s social care services on behalf of the Council, children’s services were ‘Inadequate.’ Since then, NCT has been working collaboratively with North and West Northamptonshire Councils and other key partners to improve services for children, young people and their families.

After several monitoring visits, October 2022 saw the first full inspection of children’s services (across both Councils) by Ofsted since the inception of NCT, lifting children’s services out of ‘Inadequate’ to ‘Requires improvement to be Good.’ Among many things, Ofsted noted that “children in need of help and protection receive much better support than they need did at the time of inspection in 2019”.

At NCT, we’re committed to do all that we can to ensure children, young people and families in Northamptonshire live safely, fulfil their potential, develop resilience and enjoy good health and wellbeing.

As an organisation, we are hugely ambitious for children and their families. With any improvements we seek to make, we always start with a simple question: What is life like for children, young people and families? And then we ask: How can we help make it better?

Working with key partners, we aspire to deliver outstanding social care services, ensuring families receive early help to prevent difficulties from escalating, and create the best conditions for social work practice to flourish.