Correspondence

Direction issued to Medway Council: August 2019

A statutory direction issued to Medway Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 27 August 2019
• Last updated: 10 January 2020
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  1. 10 January 2020

     This direction has closed and a revised direction issued on 7 January 2020 replaces it.

  2. 27 August 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Direction issued to Medway council

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Details

This direction has closed and a direction issued on 7 January 2020 replaces it.

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

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