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Independent report: Reports on children’s services in Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Department For Education

February 10
12:00 2025

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These reports set out the findings and recommendations on childrens social care services in Stoke-on-Trent City Council from the:

  • childrens services improvement adviser: November 2024
  • commissioner for childrens social care: September 2019

They follow areport by Ofstedin February 2019 that judged the overall effectiveness of the councils childrens services to be inadequate.

The Department for Education (DfE) issued a revised direction to Stoke-on-Trent City Councilalongside the Report into childrens services, Stoke-on-Trent City Council: September 2019. This direction was revoked on 10 February 2025.

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Published 31 October 2019
Last updated 10 February 2025 +show all updates
  1. Added 'Report into childrens services, Stoke on Trent City Council: November 2024'.

  2. First published.

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