Redbridge Council's Cabinet has received a mixed performance report for the 2025/26 financial year, highlighting both achievements and areas requiring attention.
The council's Corporate Performance Report for Quarter 4 of the 2025/26 financial year, presented to the Cabinet on Thursday, 16 July 2026, revealed that 59.6% of RAG-rated measures met their targets. However, 33.33% narrowly missed targets, and 7.07% were significantly off track.
Despite the mixed results, several key achievements were highlighted across the borough's priorities. In Housing and Homelessness, there were 582 successful prevention outcomes for households, a reduction in rough sleeping to 17 individuals, and a sustained zero families in Bed and Breakfast accommodation for over six weeks. The number of non-decent homes was reduced to 3.8%.
Planning and Economic Growth saw 91 new businesses supported to start up and 487 businesses supported to grow. Additionally, 202 Work Redbridge clients entered employment or training, with 412 starting an education or training programme.
Leisure, Culture, and Communities reported 49 green spaces improved, a 16% year-on-year increase in library visits, and 104 Prevent Training Sessions delivered. Environment and Sustainability initiatives included 9,680 hours of volunteer time contributed, 98% of reported fly-tips cleared within one business day, and 100% of highway defects repaired on time. A total of 6,545 trees were planted.
Enforcement and Community Safety actions included 5,977 non-commercial enforcement actions taken, 146 interventions for street begging, and 1,922 referrals to the Reach Out Service. For Children, Young People, and Education, 100% of Looked After Children participated in their reviews, repeat placements for looked after children improved to 7.6%, and school attendance rates exceeded national and London averages.
In Adult Social Care and Health, 78.6% of clients were supported to live in the community, and permanent admissions to care homes for over-65s continued to reduce. Finance and Shared Prosperity saw Housing Benefit claims processed in 5.44 days and council tax reduction claims in 3.88 days.
Resources and Transformation reported an 85% Stage 1 complaints performance, an improvement from the previous quarter, and £687,388 of social value delivered across Council contracts.
However, several areas require attention. Red
measures needing focus include increased enforcement output (non-commercial), obesity rates at primary and Year 6, care leavers (19-21 years) in employment, education, or training, the rate of elective home education, and the percentage of open adult social care cases with a review in the past 12 months.
Addressing 'Red' Measures:
Specific actions are being taken to address these 'Red' measures. For 'Increased enforcement output (non-commercial)', while performance was lower than anticipated in Q4, the team's delivery in critical metrics such as total Fixed Penalty Notices was significantly higher than the previous year. For instance, £1,000 fly-tipping FPNs increased from 116 in Q4 2024/25 to 155 in Q4 2025/26.
Work continues to prioritize reviews and ensure child activity status records are current and accurate for 'Care Leavers (19-21 years) in employment, education or training'. This includes reviewing current data to reflect new college intakes accurately and implementing the 'Drive Forward' pilot, which aims to support care leavers into sustainable Employment Education or Training (EET) by improving skills, confidence, and employment readiness, with an overarching aim to refer at least 120 young people.
Regarding obesity rates in primary and Year 6 children, while the current agreed target has not been achieved, the latest validated data shows continued improvement. Year 6 prevalence has reduced to 37.8% (from 43.5% in 2021/22) and Reception to 17.6%, maintaining a consistent downward trajectory in line with national and London trends. Updated 2025/26 data will be available in November 2026. Public health initiatives include the planned integration of adult and children's weight management services, alongside system-wide prevention activity, which is expected to strengthen outcomes and sustain improvement. 
The 'Rate of Elective Home Education' has increased, primarily linked to families awaiting alternative school placements, indicating system pressure within mainstream and SEND pathways. Actions are in place with schools to stabilise numbers, alongside a review of statutory arrangements to strengthen oversight and support improved outcomes.
Performance for open adult social care cases reviewed within 12 months stands at 53%, below the 65% target. This is attributed to capacity constraints driven by the prioritisation of safeguarding activity, which has reduced the delivery of routine reviews and presents a risk that care plans are not consistently updated. Actions are in place to align safeguarding and review processes, which are expected to improve compliance and increase review activity in the coming periods.
For further details, refer to the Redbridge Corporate Performance Report Quarter 4 2025/26
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