Decision

Direction issued to Kingston upon Hull City Council

A statutory direction issued to Kingston upon Hull City Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 March 2020
• Last updated: 5 August 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Statutory direction to Kingston upon Hull City Council: March 2020

PDF, 132 KB, 3 pages

Letter to Kingston upon Hull City Council: June 2020

PDF, 124 KB, 2 pages

Details

This direction has been revoked and replaced with an improvement notice issued on 5 August.

The direction is in response to:

• an Ofsted monitoring visit that found that children’s services, in particular children in care, had deteriorated since the Ofsted inspection in January 2019

• Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) report of the joint area SEND revisit, between 15 and 17 October 2019, that confirmed a lack of progress in addressing weaknesses in SEND service provision

The above letter has been issued to Kingston upon Hull City Council. It outlines the principles which the Department for Education has agreed in response to a request for flexibilities from the local authority to enable it to deliver the requirements of its statutory direction, while responding to the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Published 16 March 2020
Last updated 5 August 2022 + show all updates

1. 5 August 2022

   The direction issued to Kingston upon Hull City Council has been revoked and replaced with an improvement notice.

2. 15 July 2020

   Added letter from DfE relating to coronavirus (COVID-19).

3. 16 March 2020

   First published.