Stockport Council is one of the 10 authorities in Greater Manchester and has pockets of severe deprivation sitting alongside affluent areas. The council is made up of Stockport town and seven outlying suburbs including Hulme, Cheadle and Reddish.
Employment rates are above the regional average, and children and young people under the age of 18 account for 21 per cent of the area's total population.
The council's children's services was rated "good" by Ofsted in July 2017, shortly after which director of people Andrew Webb announced his plan to retire in March 2018.
His successor, director of children's services Chris McLoughlin, is a qualified nurse and social worker. She faces significant challenges with rising levels of looked-after children and low attainment of vulnerable young people.
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