Tag Archives: Barbara Peacock

Two key figures leave council over Ofsted inspectors’ report

Posted on September 4, 2017 by insidecroydon

The council’s director of children’s services and the “independent chair” of the Croydon Safeguarding Children Board have both left their posts, Inside Croydon has discovered on the day that an Ofsted report found Croydon’s children services department “inadequate”. No council … Continue reading →

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Damning verdict on Croydon’s ‘inadequate’ children’s service

Posted on September 4, 2017 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES on a critical report by Ofsted on the council’s failures to provide proper education and support to some of the borough’s most vulnerable children and their families Croydon Council’s provision for some of the borough’s most vulnerable children … Continue reading →

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Peacock lands Town Hall top job for social care and housing

Posted on May 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

Barbara Peacock, a former senior council employee, has landed the executive director job in charge of education, housing and social care in the borough, the council announced this morning. Peacock will succeed Paul Greenhalgh as “executive director, people”, when he … Continue reading →

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