Sir Alan Wood, who was appointed by the Department for Education as commissioner of Solihull to oversee children’s services, said the improvement plan needs to address the areas identified in a critical Ofsted inspection report, in particular, the failures in effective management of key decision making for children.
Wood was appointed to undertake a review of Solihulll's children’s services amid concerns over a lack of progress to improve child protection support following the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes in June 2020. The six-year-old lived in Solihull and was neglected and abused in the months leading to his murder in June 2020. His step-mother Emma Tustin was found guilty of his murder and Arthur's father Thomas Hughes was found guilty of manslaughter.
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