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Direction issued to Norfolk county council

A direction issued to Norfolk county council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 14 January 2014
• Last updated: 8 January 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Direction issued to Norfolk county council

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Details

Ofsted conducted an unannounced inspection of child protection services in Norfolk in February 2013 and judged these as “inadequate”. This was subsequently followed by an inspection of looked-after children’s services in June 2013 which was also judged as “inadequate”.

Ministers issued a statutory direction on 18 December 2013. The direction requires:

• the council to incorporate improvement activity for looked-after children services alongside ongoing improvement work around child protection
• an independent review of the council’s approach and improvement plans

This direction has closed; a direction issued on 7 January 2016 replaces this direction.

Published 14 January 2014
Last updated 8 January 2016 + show all updates

1. 8 January 2016

   Added text stating this direction is now closed and has been replaced by a new direction dated 7 January 2016.

2. 14 January 2014

   First published.