Doncaster Children’s Services Trust (DCST), which was set up in 2014, will close later this year after Ofsted downgraded services from “good” to “requires improvement” with leadership rated as “inadequate” following an inspection in February.
“Senior leaders in Doncaster Council and Doncaster Children’s Services Trust have together overseen a decline in the quality and impact of services for children, young people and their families since the last inspection in 2017,” the report states.
The South Yorkshire council’s cabinet agreed plans last month to return children’s services to council control by September.
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