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Independent report

Herefordshire children’s services: commissioner’s reports

Independent reports on the delivery of children’s services from the Secretary of State’s Children’s Services Commissioner in Herefordshire.

Applies to England

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These reports set out the findings of the commissioner’s reviews and make recommendations for the improvement of children’s social care services in Herefordshire.

They follow that judged the overall effectiveness of the council’s children’s services to be inadequate.

The Department for Education issued a statutory direction to Herefordshire Council in September 2022. Revised directions were issued in 2023 and 2025.

The last of these directions has been revoked and a final report is available.

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2023
Last updated 17 July 2026 Show all updates
  1. Added 'Report to the Minister of State for Children and Families'.

  2. Added 'Progress report of the Children’s Services Commissioner in Herefordshire: 2024'.

  3. Added 'Progress report of the children’s services commissioner in Herefordshire'.

  4. First published.

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