Tag Archives: Children’s Services

Council claims ‘immediate action’ taken on children services

Posted on September 4, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council this morning claimed that it “has taken immediate action to improve its children’s services after an Ofsted inspection rated some areas of the service inadequate”. The council statement made no mention of the departure of two senior figures … Continue reading →

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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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Negrini tells staff: ‘There are some things that we don’t do well’

Posted on September 4, 2017 by insidecroydon

While the government has had to step in to safeguard vulnerable children in the borough, Jo Negrini, Croydon’s £185,000 a year chief executive, has failed to apologise for her organisation’s failings nor taken responsibility for the shortcomings highlighted in today’s … Continue reading →

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