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Revised direction issued to Surrey County Council

A revised statutory direction to Surrey County Council due to poor performance in children’s social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 4 March 2020

This publication was withdrawn on 22 March 2022

This direction was revoked on the 9 March 2022 following a reinspection by Ofsted and is no longer in force.

Applies to England

Documents

Revised direction issued to Surrey County Council

PDF, 145 KB, 5 pages

Details

This revised direction requires the council to continue taking steps to improve its children’s social care services. This includes co-operating with the Department for Education’s appointed adviser.

This direction follows an independent report by the Commissioner for Children’s Services in Surrey published on 20 December 2019. The report recommended that the council should retain the operational control of its children’s services.

This direction replaces the earlier statutory direction issued to the council in October 2018.

Published 4 March 2020