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Ofsted finds ‘sustained progress’ in children’s services

Posted on December 18, 2019 by

After nearly three years in special measures, Ofsted says that Croydon’s children’s services department is showing “sustained progress”, and is beginning to operate in a manner that properly serves the borough’s most vulnerable young people. The department’s social workers are … Continue reading →

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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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Croydon social workers ‘demoralised’, say Ofsted inspectors

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

One year on and Ofsted inspectors are still seriously dissatisfied with the pace of improvement in Croydon’s children’s services department. Croydon’s children’s services were declared “inadequate” in an Ofsted inspectors’ report in September 2017, and today the inspectors have issued … Continue reading →

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Extra council meeting called over children’s services shambles

Posted on October 3, 2017 by

Croydon is to hold another emergency meeting of the full council in two weeks’ time to discuss the crisis over the borough’s children’s services, when there are sure to be further calls for council leader Tony Newman and members of … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Ofsted crisis: This is too important for politics

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The children’s services report is the greatest crisis to confront the council since the riots six years ago. Except, says STEVEN DOWNES, it is just the local reflection of a national collapse of social work “This is too … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

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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Boswell speaks out on behalf of Croydon’s “heroic” teachers

Posted on October 13, 2014 by

Canon Colin Boswell used Croydon’s annual civic service yesterday to call on the people of the borough ”to encourage heroic teachers”. The Vicar of Croydon’s remarks came in a sermon to the congregation in Croydon Minster and to the many … Continue reading →

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