Improvement notice issued to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council: October 2026
What was announced
An improvement notice issued to St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council following an Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) area SEND inspection in June 2026.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- This improvement notice requires St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council to take steps to improve its special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.
- It follows an Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) area SEND inspection that judged there were 2 areas for priority action.
Who and where
UK bodies of power
- Department for Education (UK government department) · more news
- Care Quality Commission (executive non-departmental public body) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Inspections of local authority children's services.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improvement-notice-issued-to-st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council-october-2026
- Published 2026-10-30 10:00:06 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-10-30 10:00:13 UTC from GOV.UK
- Saved copy: receipt 4836, with its SHA-256 fingerprint
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