Tag Archives: Children’s Services

Council could seek more time to fix problem children’s services

Posted on March 16, 2019 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest, critical Ofsted report on the council children’s services department, which has 78% vacancy rate among  some of its social work teams Croydon Council could be forced to seek an extension to the … Continue reading →

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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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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 arrives after having a role in the closure of a charity in another south London borough Almost six months after Barbara Peacock … Continue reading →

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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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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 →

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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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