
“Children in Solihull are not getting the help they need at the right time,” inspectors said in their first report on services at the council since the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, aged six, at the hands of his step-mother in 2020.
A trial into Arthur’s death heard that Solihull Council social workers had visited his home in the months before he died and found no issues, despite relatives raising concerns.
Ofsted’s latest report into services at the council states that “when there is a concern that a child is at risk of harm, the response is too slow”.
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