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OFSTED

Government intervenes over council's 'inadequate' children's services

By Laura Sharman | 11 April 2022

The Government has issued a statutory direction to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council fo...

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...

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Cherwell District Council