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Council could face legal battle over £8.6m children’s home deal
Findings of Ofsted inspectors are ‘difficult to reconcile’ with council’s report about care at a children’s home, as Town Hall says that it needs to be ‘clearer’ with service providers. By STEVEN DOWNES The establishment of a children’s home to … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Natalie Vesty, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins
Tagged Children's home, Children's Services, Cllr Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, St Christopher's Fellowship, Stuart Collins, Tory
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Children’s home in contract row given a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating
Government inspectors who visited the council-owned children’s home contradict the Town Hall’s critical report that prompted the cancellation of an £8.6m, seven-year contract. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Croydon children’s home where the council cancelled its management contract with a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins
Tagged Children's home, Children's Services, Cllr Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, St Christopher's Fellowship, Stuart Collins, Tory
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Children’s home firm based in New Addington fined £100,000
A care company based in New Addington has become the first to be successfully prosecuted and fined for running unregistered children’s homes. Catalyst Care Ltd and its directors, Davidson Lynch-Shyllon and Miriam Ekathor, pleaded guilty to 10 charges at Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Children's Services, Crime
Tagged Catalyst Care Ltd, Children's homes, Davidson Lynch-Shyllon, Medway Council, Miriam Ekathor, Ofsted
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Sutton defends its Ofsted failure by claiming ‘no child was hurt’
EXCLUSIVE: LibDem council deliberately delayed publication of damning report to avoid its failures of SEND children appearing before the local elections. DAVE BURTON reports how councillors and officials have broken confidentiality rules and tried to pass the buck Ofsted and … Continue reading
Croydon College names Shawcross as new chair of governors
Val Shawcross, a former leader of Croydon Council, London Assembly Member and deputy mayor of London, has been named as the new chair of governors for Croydon College. Most recently, Shawcross was the chief executive in charge of the Crystal … Continue reading
Ofsted praises early years at Woodcote school as ‘Outstanding’
Woodcote Primary, in Coulsdon, has been rated “Outstanding” for its early years provision following a recent Ofsted inspection. The school, on Dunsfold Rise, was also given an “Outstanding” rating for personal development and for behaviour and attitudes. It received “Good” … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Education, Purley, Schools, Woodcote Primary
Tagged Coulsdon, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, Pioneer Academy Trust, Purley, Woodcote Primary School
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Top Marks! Mitcham academy shines with A-level grades
Sixth formers at St Mark’s Church of England Academy in Mitcham achieved well above expectations in their A-levels last year, according to statistics released by the Department for Education. The stats show St Mark’s as the fourth-highest ranking school in … Continue reading
Children’s services passes Ofsted inspection despite 5 deaths
The sigh of relief from the Town Hall could be heard all the way to Purley, as inspectors passed the council’s under-pressure children’s care department as overall ‘Good’. But with only 80% staff and a series of deaths of youngsters … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart Collins
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Maria Gatland, Mayor Jason Perry, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, Stuart Collins, Tory
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Collins named as new £175,000 director of children’s services
Stuart Collins – no, not that one – has been appointed as the council’s corporate director of children, young people and education, taking over from septugenarian Debbie Jones. The job was advertised in August with a £175,000 per year salary. … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, SEND, Stuart Collins, Youth Services
Tagged Children young people and education, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Lunar House, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, Stuart Collins, Tory
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College given ‘Good’ rating after Ofsted inspectors’ return visit
A year and a half after being rated as “Inadequate” following an Ofsted inspection, when the leadership was warned “about the risks associated with radicalisation and extremism” on its campus, Croydon College, together with Coulsdon Sixth Form College, has had … Continue reading
Ofsted comes calling: will Kerswell’s council pass the tests?
Staff at Fisher’s Folly have been warned to be on their best behaviour, as septuagenarian corporate director Debbie Jones makes her last hurrah, and evermore ridiculous CEO Katherine Kerswell declares: ‘Let them eat cake!’ The last-but-one time there was a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, Education, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Schools
Tagged Children, Croydon, Croydon Council, CYPE, Debbie Jones, Fisher's Folly, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, Young People and Education
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Council’s adult education service passes its Ofsted inspection
CALAT – the council-run Croydon Adult Learning and Training service – has retained its “Good” rating, scoring “Good” in all six categories after an Ofsted inspection found that the service has developed its courses to help a range of community … Continue reading
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Tagged adult education, CALAT, Croydon, Croydon Council, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection
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Colleges given ‘must do better’ report from Commissioner
The governors and staff at Croydon College have been handed a demanding set of 12 recommendations by a Government-appointed intervention team, following the institution’s “Inadequate” Ofsted report earlier this year. The inspectors from the Further Education Commissioner spent a couple … Continue reading
‘We feel strongly that it does not fairly reflect the evidence’
Ofsted’s inspection of Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College, conducted in February, resulted in an ‘Inadequate’ rating for the further education institutions Here, in full, is the statement issued this morning on behalf of Caireen Mitchell, the principal and … Continue reading
#CroydonInCrisis: College given ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating
One of the country’s largest further education institutions has been warned ‘about the risks associated with radicalisation and extremism’ by inspectors who report ‘homophobic taunts’ and young women feeling ‘uncomfortable’ in the college’s common areas Croydon College, in its first … Continue reading
South Norwood Primary celebrates ‘Good’ Ofsted report
Staff, pupils and parents at South Norwood Primary were celebrating this week after the school, previously rated as “Inadequate” by inspectors, was judged as “Good” after its latest Ofsted inspection. The external inspection of the school, on Crowther Road, took … Continue reading
#PennReport: Croydon has been let down by political leaders
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The report into the council’s financial collapse that has been withheld for nearly two years includes damning criticisms of some of the council’s most senior staff and political leaders. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s dysfunctional council went … Continue reading
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Tagged #PennReport, Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Croydon, Croydon Council, Guy van Dichele, Hazel Simmonds, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Lisa Taylor, Ofsted, Penn Report, Richard Penn, Richard Simpson, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
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Best Start centres under threat again from Flemming’s survey
Our council reporter, PEARL LEE, on the latest stitch-up survey being rushed through as a ruse to justify cuts to services for babies and toddlers Here comes another council “survey” where the information scraped from residents will be used to … Continue reading
Midnight deadline to complete Ofsted’s SEND survey
By SARAH BOWELL It’s a big week for Croydon, and not just because of Thursday’s council governance referendum. For some families, the bigger news of this week is that Croydon’s SEND department is being visited for an Ofsted inspection. For … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Health, SEND
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Ofsted, Sarah Bowell, SEND
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Ofsted discover ‘worrying signs’ of cuts on children’s services
Inspectors from Ofsted have warned that some of the borough’s most vulnerable children may be put at greater risk as a consequence of cuts and redundancies caused by the council’s financial collapse. Ofsted inspectors last month carried out their latest … Continue reading
Fears over children’s services as another director quits council
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Staff worry that an exodus of colleagues will desert bankrupt council before the worst of the cuts bite. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES Nick Pendry, Croydon’s director of early help and children’s social care, is to follow his … Continue reading
Newman ally Ali tipped as favourite to be council’s new leader
WALTER CRONXITE on the lacklustre contest among Labour councillors to become the Town Hall’s new chief Croydon Council should have a new leader as soon as tomorrow night. But the appointment looks as if it could present the borough with … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Children's Services, Crime, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Children's Services, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Ofsted, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
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£800 per day exec director job goes to ‘naughty step’ Jones
The Tower Hamlets council official who was in charge of that borough’s schools when Shamima Begum and two other girls were radicalised and escaped to Syria to become “jihadi brides” has just been appointed by Croydon as the borough’s interim … Continue reading
Ofsted inspection rates Croydon children’s services ‘Good’
It has taken two and a half years, and an extra £25million spent on recruiting staff and providing new equipment, but Croydon Council’s children’s services department has finally been rated as “Good” by Ofsted following its latest inspection. The borough’s … Continue reading
Ofsted finds ‘sustained progress’ in children’s services
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
