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OFSTED
Gloucestershire improvement notice lifted
By Martin Ford | 05 April 2022
An improvement notice issued to Gloucestershire CC’s children’s services has been lifted.
OFSTED
West Sussex to retain control of children's services
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2022
The Department for Education had ordered the establishment of a company to run children’s service...
EDUCATION
Councils to be allowed to set up multi-academy trusts
By William Eichler | 28 March 2022
Local authority leaders have welcomed the Government’s plan to allow councils to set up and run t...
OFSTED
South Gloucestershire handed improvement notice
By Martin Ford | 03 March 2022
The Government has issued an improvement notice to South Gloucestershire Council following concer...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Government has no action plan for improving children's social care
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2022
The Government has admitted it does not have a single detailed action plan to deliver high-qualit...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for chief and leader to quit after Star death
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2022
A senior Bradford city councillor has called for the chief executive and leader to quit in the af...
OFSTED
Ofsted finds 'no improvement' at St Helens
By Martin Ford | 18 January 2022
Children’s services at St Helens MBC have not improved despite an injection of increased funding,...
SOCIAL CARE
Leadership blamed for 'inadquate' children's services
By Martin Ford | 22 December 2021
‘Instability’ in senior leadership has led to ‘serious failures’ in Bury MBC’s children’s service...
BUSINESS
Spielman: No silver bullet for children's social care
By Chris Mahony | 07 December 2021
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has warned there is no ‘silver bullet’ to the long-term pr...
OFSTED
Care managers 'unaware' of weaknesses in service
By Martin Ford | 30 November 2021
Children’s services at Halton BC have undergone a ‘deterioration’ since the council was judged to...
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