Directions issued to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Statutory directions issued due to poor performance in children's social care services and inadequate improvement in SEND services.
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The children’s social care services direction requires Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council to take steps to improve its services. This includes co-operating with the Department for Education’s appointed adviser, operating under an expanded mandate to support the council’s corporate leadership team. It follows a report by Ofsted (December 2021) that judged the overall effectiveness of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s services to be inadequate.
The statutory direction for SEND requires the council to take steps to improve its SEND services, including co-operating with the children’s and SEND services strategic improvement advisor, John Coughlan. This direction follows the 2021 joint Ofsted and Care Quality Commission SEND report and the lack of improvement for children and young people with SEND in the local area.
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Published 11 April 2022Last updated 26 February 2024 + show all updates
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Added 'Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole SEND services statutory direction' and included information in the Details section to reflect this update.
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