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Direction issued to Cumbria county council

A direction issued by DfE to Cumbria county council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

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The Department for Education (DfE) issued this statutory direction following publication on 13 May 2015 of a report by Ofsted, which judged the overall effectiveness of children’s services in Cumbria to be inadequate. The direction required the council to take a number of steps to improve its children’s social care services.

The direction was lifted on 29 January 2018.

Published 9 November 2015
Last updated 29 January 2018 + show all updates
  1. Changed to reflect the lifting of the direction on 29 January 2018.

  2. First published.