Bradford children's services rated inadequate for second time

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Ofsted inspectors find 'widespread and serious failures' throughout Bradford's children's services.

Children in Bradford have been left at risk of harm due to "serious failures" across the city's children's services, inspectors have said.

In a report published after the latest inspection in November and December 2022, Ofsted found "widespread and serious failures" across all service areas. Too many children experienced drift and delay in having their needs identified and addressed and high staff turnover meant "too many children" experienced multiple changes of social worker, it added.

The department is due to be taken over by a Children's Trust in April, after years of poor performance and being rated "inadequate" by Ofsted in 2018.stripped of control of its children's services in January 2022Star Hobson suffered "catastrophic" injuries at the hands of Savannah Brockhill, her mother Frankie Smith's "violent-tempered" girlfriend.

 

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I know the feeling, the childcare services at Bradford Interchange are practically non-existent.

no shit, it's the arse end of Yorkshire, NOTHING is adequate around here

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