CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Worcestershire to transfer education services to company

Worcestershire CC is expected to give the green light to widen the scope of its children’s services company next week.

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By Martin Ford | 08 March 2019

Worcestershire CC is expected to give the green light to widen the scope of its children's services company next week.

The council was previously ordered to create a wholly-owned company, Worcestershire Children First, to run its children's social care services by the Department for Education (DfE) in order to improve on its ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating.

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