Correspondence

Revised direction to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: September 2024

Revised statutory direction issued to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, relating to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 September 2024
• Last updated: 22 August 2025
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  1. 22 August 2025

     This direction has closed. A revised direction issued in August 2025 replaces it.

  2. 17 September 2024

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Revised direction to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

PDF, 149 KB, 5 pages

Details

This direction is closed. A revised direction issued to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in August 2025 replaces it.

This direction requires the council to take steps to improve the exercise of its children’s social care functions.

These include the requirement to:

• engage with the Non-Executive Children’s Services Commissioner
• comply with the recommendations set out in the report from the Commissioner for Children’s Services in Tameside

This direction replaces the earlier statutory direction issued to the council in March 2024.