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Revised direction issued to West Sussex County Council (March 2022)

A revised statutory direction issued to West Sussex County Council due to poor performance in children’s social care services.

From:
Department for Education
Published
31 March 2022
Last updated
11 May 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Statutory direction to West Sussex County Council

PDF, 104 KB, 3 pages

Details

This revised direction required West Sussex County Council to continue taking steps to improve its children’s social care services.

This followed:

  • an 8 May 2019 Ofsted report, which judged that the council’s children’s social care services were inadequate
  • reports into children’s services in West Sussex by John Coughlan CBE

This direction was lifted following an Ofsted report published on 11 May 2023.

This direction replaced the revised statutory direction issued to West Sussex County Council in December 2020.

Published 31 March 2022
Last updated 11 May 2023 + show all updates

  1. This direction has been lifted after a new Ofsted report was published.

  2. First published.

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