Correspondence

Direction issued to Devon County Council: March 2020

Statutory direction issued to Devon County Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 March 2020
• Last updated: 10 July 2020
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  1. 10 July 2020

     This direction has closed. A revised direction issued on 10 July 2020 replaces it.

  2. 17 March 2020

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Direction issued to Devon County Council

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Details

This direction has closed and a direction issued by the Department for Education (DfE) on 10 July 2020 replaces it.

This direction required the council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services, including co-operating with a DfE-appointed Children’s Services Commissioner.

It followed a report by Ofsted that judged the overall effectiveness of the council’s children’s social care services to be inadequate.