Correspondence

Revised direction issued to Torbay Council: March 2018

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

From:

Department for Education

Published:

23 March 2018

Last updated:

10 January 2020

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10 January 2020
This direction has closed and a revised direction issued on 6 December 2019 replaces it.
23 March 2018
First published.

Applies to England

PDF, 356 KB, 4 pages

This direction has closed. A direction issued on 6 December 2019 replaces it.

This revised direction requires the council to enter into a contractual arrangement with Plymouth City council by 1 April 2018.

This follows an independent report by the Commissioner for Children’s Services in Torbay which recommended that the council should enter into a contractual arrangement with Plymouth City council to deliver its children’s services.

An Ofsted report published on 5 January 2016 judged the overall effectiveness of those services to be inadequate.

This direction replaces the earlier statutory direction issued to the council in October 2017.