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Revised direction issued to Sefton Council (November 2022)

Statutory direction issued to Sefton Council in relation to children's services.

Applies to England

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This direction requires the council to continue to co-operate with the commissioner appointed by the Secretary of State for Education.

It follows:

  • an Ofsted inspection report of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council local authority children’s services published 9 May 2022 that judged services to be inadequate across all sub judgements
  • an independent report by Paul Moffat, the Sefton Children Services Commissioner at the time

This direction replaces the earlier statutory direction issued to the council in May 2022.

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Published 21 November 2022

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