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Improvement notice issued to Trafford Metropolitan Council

An improvement notice issued to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

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This notice was lifted on 31 January 2023.

This improvement notice requires Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services.

It follows a 8 May 2019 report by Ofsted which judged the overall effectiveness of children’s social care services provided by Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council to be inadequate.

The above letter has been issued to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. It outlines the principles which the Department for Education has agreed in response to a request for flexibilities from the local authority to enable it to deliver the requirements of its improvement notice, while responding to the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Published 23 May 2019
Last updated 6 February 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated the page to confirm the improvement notice was closed on 31 January 2023.

  2. Added letter from DfE relating to coronavirus (COVID-19).

  3. First published.