Blackpool children's care 'improving' after damning Ofsted report

Blackpool Council was issued with a statutory direction by the Department for Education (DfE) after an Ofsted inspection in December 2018 found ...

Blackpool Children's Services rated 'requires improvement' after ...

In 2019, Ofsted had warned some Blackpool children were suffering 'chronic neglect'. ... The latest report, published today (February 1), says “ ...

Children's department slammed in damning Ofsted judgement

The chief executive of Halton Council has apologised saying 'we let you down', after a damning Ofsted inspection found serious failures were placing children ...

Children's services social care improvements acknowledged

A government directive requiring Blackpool Council to improve its children's services social care has been lifted after significant improvements ...

Damning Ofsted report rates Blackpool children's social services ...

Although there has been a focus on improvement since the appointment ... There are currently 563 children in care in Blackpool, and 321 children ...

Stable social work management crucial to improvements at ...

In early 2019, Blackpool council faced losing control of its children's services after a damning Ofsted inspection in late 2018 found ...

Blackpool's children's services 'need to improve' - BBC News

Blackpool Council's child care services still need to improve, Ofsted ... Streeting says three 'shifts' needed to fix NHS after damning report.

DfE commissions Essex CC to review Blackpool Council's ...

The DfE published the statutory direction after “carefully considering” the damning Ofsted report, ordering the Blackpool Council to ...

Improvements made in children's social care following council's ...

... care after making significant improvements. Two years ago, an Ofsted inspection rated Blackpool children's social care service as ...

Blackpool Council boss quits amid probe into Facebook post - BBC

Management of the department was described as "weak" in a damning Ofsted report in December 2018. ... following the inspection which said some children were ...

Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable

AP Care Homes is challenging what it describes as Ofsted's “flawed” report ... In Blackpool, where one in 45 children is in care, the ...

Bury Council children's services slammed in Ofsted report | Bury Times

... damning inspection report has ... improving children's services at Blackpool Council and before that Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

Children's services make steady improvement - Blackpool Council

Following a two-week inspection in December, inspectors have identified that Blackpool Council provides 'good' services for children in care ...

As we await Ofsted's report we wonder… - The Alternative Big Listen

After all, as it was being launched, Sir Martyn Oliver described Ofsted as being generally fit for purpose, if in need of improvement. The ...

Ofsted praises Luton over improvements to children's services

... improvement is not yet consistent for all children”. In a damning report published in February 2020, Ofsted criticised the council's approach ...

Care leaders 'neglected their duties' to children as Ofsted finds ...

... children, a damning Ofsted report has found. ... The children's social care ... The robust improvement plan to target the failings highlighted in the report ...

Manchester children's chief quits following 'inadequate' Ofsted report

His decision was largely influenced by a damning report from ... One in every 52 children in Blackpool is in care compared with one ...

Ofsted chief warns of growing failure in England's secondary schools

... after years of improvement and is now in danger of going into reverse. ... “It is also the case that this report is a damning verdict on David ...

Report into Children's Services in Blackpool following inspection

blocks that Blackpool needs to put in place to achieve long-term sustainable improvement to children's social care and to assess whether Blackpool can do this.

Care home deadline approaches for Poulton as locals fear 'parking ...

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