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Revised direction issued to Sefton Council (November 2022)
Statutory direction issued to Sefton Council in relation to children's services.
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This direction requires the council to continue to co-operate with the commissioner appointed by the Secretary of State for Education.
It follows:
- an Ofsted inspection report of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council local authority children’s services published 9 May 2022 that judged services to be inadequate across all sub judgements
- an independent report by Paul Moffat, the Sefton Children Services Commissioner at the time
This direction replaces the earlier statutory direction issued to the council in May 2022.
Published 21 November 2022