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Improvement notice issued to Newham Council

An improvement notice issued to Newham Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 3 April 2019
• Last updated: 22 September 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Improvement notice issued to Newham Council

PDF, 825 KB, 3 pages

Letter to Newham Council: June 2020

PDF, 116 KB, 2 pages

Details

This improvement notice requires Newham Council to take steps to improve its children’s social care services.

It follows a 25 March 2019 report by Ofsted that judged the overall effectiveness of children’s social care services provided by Newham council to be inadequate.

The letter issued to Newham Council outlines the principles which the Department for Education has agreed in response to a request for flexibilities from the local authority to enable it to deliver the requirements of its improvement notice, while responding to the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

This improvement notice was lifted following a report by Ofsted published on 21 September 2022.

Published 3 April 2019
Last updated 22 September 2022 + show all updates

1. 22 September 2022

   The improvement notice has been lifted following a reinspection by Ofsted.

2. 15 July 2020

   Added letter from DfE relating to coronavirus (COVID-19).

3. 3 April 2019

   First published.