Decision: Direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent city council

A statutory direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent city council due to poor performance in children’s social care services.
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Direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent City Council in relation to children’s services
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This direction requires the council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services, including co-operating with the DfE appointed Children’s Services Commissioner, Eleanor Brazil.
It follows a report by Ofsted that judged the overall effectiveness of the council’s children’s social care services to be inadequate.
Published 16 May 2019
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