Independent report
Sandwell Children’s Trust: improvement advisers’ report
An independent report on the progress and performance of Sandwell Children’s Trust and children’s services.
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This report sets out the findings of the improvement adviser’s final review and makes recommendations for the ending of intervention of children’s social care services in Sandwell.
This follows a report by Ofsted that judged the overall effectiveness of the council’s children’s services to be Good.
The Department for Education issued a statutory direction to Sandwell in October 2016. A revised direction was issued in July 2019.
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Published 17 July 2026