Correspondence

Direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent City Council: May 2019

A statutory direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent city council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 May 2019
• Last updated: 13 March 2020
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  1. 13 March 2020

     This direction has closed. A revised direction issued on 31 October 2019 replaces it.

  2. 16 May 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent City Council in relation to children's services

PDF, 122 KB, 3 pages

Details

This direction has closed. A revised direction issued on 31 October 2019 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.