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Improvement notice issued to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
An improvement notice issued to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council following an Ofsted inspection in October 2021.
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This improvement notice was lifted on 31 December 2025, following a report by Ofsted published on 29 July 2025.
The improvement notice required Bury Metropolitan Borough Council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services.
It followed reports by Ofsted that judged the overall effectiveness of children’s social care services provided by Bury Metropolitan Borough as inadequate.
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Published 21 January 2022
Last updated 16 January 2026
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This improvement notice was lifted on 31 December 2025.
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Improvement notice updated to reflect that the council has until December 2023 to improve.
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First published.