Direction issued to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: July 2014
Direction issued to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.
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This direction has closed; a direction issued on 7 January 2016 replaces this direction.
Ofsted inspected Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and issued on:
- arrangements for safeguarding and looked-after children services
- arrangements for the protection of children and young people
- looked-after children services
Ofsted found the council to be ‘inadequate’ in each report.
In response the Secretary of State for Education issued a direction to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.
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This direction is now closed and is replaced by a new direction issued on 7 January 2016.
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First published.