Category Archives: Children’s Services

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 →

Posted in Anna Kennedy Online, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Inside Croydon, Local media, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Rendle, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council’s SEND website and a quest for the missing links

Posted on August 18, 2018 by

Croydon’s latest ‘digital offering’ has left parents and carers of some of the borough’s most vulnerable youngsters angry at the way they have been fobbed off with yet more sub-standard service. KEN LEE reports Neil Williams, Croydon’s recently appointed chief … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jo Negrini, Matthew Wallbridge, Neil Williams | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council’s Autism Board failed to hold meetings for nine months

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

Croydon Council’s Autism Board failed to hold any meetings during a nine-month period from October last year. That’s according to a written response from the cabinet member responsible, Jane Avis. For a council which is struggling to improve its reputation … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Adult Social Care, Andrew Rendle, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Jerry Fitzpatrick | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ofsted finds Croydon children in ‘neglectful circumstances’

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

Another day, another damning critique from a government agency of Croydon Council’s inability to manage the services it is supposed to provide. And yet again, no apology for the failures, nor acceptance of responsibility, from the council’s political leadership or … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Eleni Ioannides, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ombudsman annual report strongly critical of Negrini’s council

Posted on August 2, 2018 by

Jo Negrini, the council’s £200,000 per year chief executive, this week returned from holiday to her office on the ninth floor of Fisher’s Folly to find on her desk some excoriating criticism of how her organisation handles residents’ complaints. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Job ads for social workers only tell part of the Croydon story

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on an outbreak of doublespeak in a recruitment drive for the council’s ‘inadequate’ children’s services Croydon would be unrecognisable to the people who actually live and work here if they had to rely on … Continue reading →

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