Category Archives: Children’s Services

Henderson’s ‘leaving present’: Kingston’s Ofsted failure

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

Another local authority has failed a visit by Ofsted inspectors, this time nearby Kingston for its poor delivery of services for children and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, or SEND. For parents and carers in Kingston, the … Continue reading →

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Pendry named by Town Hall as new children’s social care chief

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

Nick Pendry has been named as the council’s new director for early help and children’s social care,due to take up his post in the troubled children’s services department in January. Pendry will report to Robert Henderson, who last month was … Continue reading →

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Croydon social workers ‘demoralised’, say Ofsted inspectors

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

One year on and Ofsted inspectors are still seriously dissatisfied with the pace of improvement in Croydon’s children’s services department. Croydon’s children’s services were declared “inadequate” in an Ofsted inspectors’ report in September 2017, and today the inspectors have issued … Continue reading →

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Public’s Town Hall questions on Binmageddon get censored

Posted on October 10, 2018 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, sat through nearly four hours of Monday’s Town Hall meeting, so that you didn’t have to… A mere 90 days since the last full meeting of the council, and most of the borough’s councillors … Continue reading →

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Council names Henderson as new exec for children’s services

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how the replacement executive director for the council’s failing children’s services department Almost six months after Barbara Peacock opted to leave her £170,000 job as Croydon’s executive director for children, families and education, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Barbara Peacock, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Robert Henderson, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Inside Croydon editor nominated for charity’s prestigious award

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

Steven Downes, the editor of Inside Croydon, has been nominated for a prestigious award for this website’s campaigning journalism over the provision, or lack of it, for young Croydon residents with autism and special educational needs. Anna Kennedy Online, the … Continue reading →

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Local Offer website fails to meet standards under SEND laws

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

Parents and carers of children and young adults with SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disability – claim that the new, malfunctioning Local Offer website launched by the council last month is not only full of broken hyperlinks and broken … Continue reading →

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