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Revised direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent City Council (March 2020)
DfE direction issued in March 2020 to Stoke-on-Trent City Council due to inadequate performance in children's social care services.
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This direction has now closed. A revised direction issued in August 2021 replaces it.
This direction requires Stoke-on-Trent City Council to:
- enter into a formal partnership with Leeds City Council
- continue to co-operate with the Children鈥檚 Services Commissioner, Eleanor Brazil, appointed by the Secretary of State for Education
- accept support provided by
It follows publication of:
- a , which judged the overall effectiveness of Stoke-on-Trent鈥檚 children鈥檚 social care services as inadequate
- an independent report by Eleanor Brazil, Stoke-on-Trent Children鈥檚 Services Commissioner
This direction replaces the earlier revised statutory direction issued to the council on 31 October 2019.
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Published 13 March 2020
Last updated 1 September 2021
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Direction closed, replaced with a revised direction issued in September 2021.
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First published.