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Tag Archives: Eleanor Brazil
Children’s Services placed in special measures until 2020
Ofsted inspectors have ruled that Croydon Council cannot be trusted to run its own Children’s Services department without outside supervision for at least another two years. The decision has been announced following the second review visit from Ofsted which was … Continue reading →
Exec in charge of failed Children’s Services is to leave council
Just two years after a council ‘restructuring’ saw Barbara Peacock in charge of a super-directorate including housing, schools and social care, the £170,000 per year exec is leaving Croydon as part of… another ‘restructuring’. KEN LEE reports Barbara Peacock, Croydon … Continue reading →
‘Confusing, euphemistic, unclear, vague’: Flemming unravels
BBC Radio London’s Vanessa Feltz was withering in her criticism of an abject on-air performance by one of Croydon’s most senior councillors. Listening in to the car crash interview was WALTER CRONXITE Answers provided by Alisa Flemming, the Croydon Council … Continue reading →
DfE sends in Camden officials to assist with children’s services
The press release issued by council leader Tony Newman just before Christmas proclaiming success in turning around Croydon’s failing children’s services department turns out to have been the epitome of “fake news”. Others might be less charitable, and more accurate, … Continue reading →
Croydon’s social workers having to deal with double case work
WALTER CRONXITE on the anxious wait at the Town Hall for the latest update on the council’s children’s services department Tony Newman, Croydon’s council leader, was described as “channeling his inner Young Mr Grace” at a meeting of his close … Continue reading →
Ombudsman rules council neglected Down’s Syndrome woman
A Government Ombudsman ruling will see Croydon Council pay nearly £5,000 to a family after it was found to have failed in his duties to a young disabled woman. This is the second finding of this kind against the council … Continue reading →
Council leader forced to resign over critical Ofsted report
WALTER CRONXITE reports on another local government Carr crash over failures to provide adequate social services The pressure is mounting this weekend on Tony Newman, the Labour leader of Croydon Council, over his and council officials’ response to the highly … Continue reading →
Posted in 2018 council elections, Barbara Peacock, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Stephen Carr, Tony Newman, Youth Services
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Tagged Barbara Peacock, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Eleanor Brazil, Jo Negrini, Labour, Stephen Carr, Tony Newman
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Commissioner appointed to oversee children’s services
An expert who oversaw reforms of a London council’s social services department following the notorious Baby P tragedy has been appointed by the government to look into Croydon’s failing children services. Justine Greening, the Education Secretary, announced at lunchtime that … Continue reading →