The Croydon Safeguarding Children Board (CSCB) review of support for vulnerable adolescents was launched following the deaths of three teenagers in less than a month during summer 2017 in the London borough. All had been known to social workers by the age of two.
The review, which comes nearly 18 months after the borough's children's services was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted, was subsequently expanded to include 57 other young people in Croydon.
They were all also known to children's social care, with many at risk of violence, abuse and exploitation.
A key aim was to better understand the lives of vulnerable young people and improve their support, with a lack of early support seen as a key failure.
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