A report published by Ofsted this week concluded that there were "serious deficiencies" in the social care service, leaving "too many children and young people without sufficient safeguards or adequate protection arrangements".
Inspectors judged that the overall effectiveness of safeguarding in Peterborough was inadequate. Following the publication, director of children’s services John Richards decided to resign with immediate effect, saying he accepted that new leadership of the service was now needed.
The authority was served with a government improvement notice in May 2010 after a damning joint inspection carried out by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. A further report, which was published in March this year following an unannounced inspection in February, found the council had made some improvements and was no longer deemed to be inadequate.
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